Run: Book One

Lewis hints at the utility of comics in spreading the message of the civil rights movement during his activist days. How does this comic, and the comic medium, prove particularly effective in spreading Lewis’s message to a new audience?

Why does Lewis devote so much space, so early in the book, to the Watts riots? What particular role do those events play in the evolution of the movement?

Evaluate the character of Stokely Carmichael. How does Lewis portray him, especially in light of his taking the chairmanship of the SNCC away? Does Lewis portray him fairly, and which do you think has the stronger argument?