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| I read all of this book about the Montgomery bus boycott during the 1950s. As to the book's historical accuracy, all I can say is that the stories (for there's also a very brief telling of Gandhi's earlier non-violent independence movement in India along with a primer on the non-violent methodology of social action) ring true in general to what I still vaguely remember from my schooldays and to what I've sporadically seen and heard since then about the civil rights movement. So, leaving the historical aspects for more knowledgeable others to comment on, I found the book to be well done from an artistic standpoint, and I can recommend it as a starting place for readers wanting to learn some history. It was particularly refreshing to read a comic book in which the declarative sentences outnumber the exclamations, as in real life. The artwork, too, is realistic in that the characters were drawn to resemble the historical personages. |
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| Publication | [1958] | Price: 0.10 USD [0.00 FREE] | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Sy Barry says he originally signed the cover, which was visible on the first printing, but later printings they covered up his signature with text. |
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| Featuring | Martin Luther King |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy | Characters: Martin Luther King |
| Notes | Sy Barry says he originally signed the cover, which was visible on the first printing, but later printings they covered up his signature with text. |
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| Comic Story | Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Story of the Montgomery March (Bus Boycott). |
| Featuring | Martin Luther King |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Advocacy; History | Characters: Martin Luther King; Coretta Scott King; Rosa Parks |
| Notes | Benton Resnik was an editor and writer for the Al Capp owned comics companies Toby Press and Graphic Information Services. Additional credits from: http://www.comicsbeat.com/big-apple-con-report-finally-revealed-the-artist-of-the-martin-luther-king-jr-comic/ |
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| Comic Story | Martin Luther King Tells How a Nation Won Its Freedom by the Montgomery Method (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Story of Gandhi's and India's independence by non-violent protest. |
| Featuring | Mahatma Gandhi; Martin Luther King |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy | Characters: Mahatma Gandhi; Martin Luther King |
| Notes | Additional credits from: http://www.comicsbeat.com/big-apple-con-report-finally-revealed-the-artist-of-the-martin-luther-king-jr-comic/ |
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| Comic Story | How the Montgomery Method Works (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | How to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience. |
| Featuring | Martin Luther King |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy | Characters: Martin Luther King |
| Notes | Additional credits from: http://www.comicsbeat.com/big-apple-con-report-finally-revealed-the-artist-of-the-martin-luther-king-jr-comic/ |
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