Written by Shane W. Evans
I have never read this book before.
Ratings: Amazon: 4.8 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.17 out of 5 stars.
Summary: “We March” is about what happened on August 28, 1963, when over 250,000 people marched in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This was the day that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
In 2020, this book was one of 27 that were challenged in Virginia’s Loudoun County elementary and high schools when it was part of a big purchase to add more diversity into classroom libraries. In 2021, Pennsylvania’s Central York School District planned to ban hundreds of books and this book is on the list. The majority of the books on the list featured people of color, LGBTQ issues, or marginalized communities.
My take: This book only covers what it took to get to be present when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s speech on August 28, 1968. It does not describe the abuse people of color received that led up to this speech, not the lynching, the massacres, the rapes, or anything else that kept people of color down. So, I don’t even see anything that objectors could use for the guilt reason.
Here are a few links about this book and the challenges or bans.
The Most Banned Picture Books of 2022 – PEN America
Banned Books 2020 – We March – Marshall Libraries
Furious debate over a book ban reignites in central Pa. school district – pennlive.com
The Banned Book Reviewer 
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