Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement: Reframing History in Comics

by Jorge Santos

Book Overview

Winner, Charles Hatfield Book Prize, Comic Studies Society, 2020
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2019

The history of America's civil rights movement is marked by narratives that we hear retold again and again. This has relegated many key figures and turning points to the margins, but graphic novels and graphic memoirs present an opportunity to push against the consensus and create a more complete history. Graphic Memories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477318267
• ISBN13: 9781477318263
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"