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Ferociouskitty
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Username: Ferociouskitty
Post Number: 554
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 07:08 pm: | 
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My friends, Roland Laird and Taneshia Nash Laird, have re-issued their graphic history of African Americans, "Still I Rise". Illustrations are by Elihu "Adofo" Bey, and there's a foreword by Charles Johnson. Peep Obama with our other Greats on the new cover!
The original version ended with the Million Man March. Topics covered include: slavery, Nat Turner Rebellion, military contributions of African Americans, the birth of modern integration, Freedom Summer, Hurricane Katrina, notables such as Ida B. Wells and Frederick Douglass, and much more.
I look forward to reading this, not only for the content, but for the format. I read Mat Johnson's "Incognegro" last year, and that was my first graphic novel.
As Troy reminds us, you can get this (and any book!) from Amazon via AALBC. ;-) |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 3379
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 10:12 am: |
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Thanks, FK! Here is Kam Williams' review: http://reviews.aalbc.com/still_i_rise.htm |
Ferociouskitty
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Username: Ferociouskitty
Post Number: 556
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 12:33 pm: |
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Thanks for posting the review, Yvette. I meant to ask you, did you read "Incognegro"? |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 3382
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 10:29 pm: |
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No, I have not. I've heard great things about it, tho. |
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