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Book

Black history in its own words

Call Number

  • 973.0496 W757 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Portland, OR : Image Comics, Inc., [2017]

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 cm

Audience

Rated T - Teen.

Summary

"Black History In Its Own Words started in January 2015 when Matt Bors asked me to find eight quotes and illustrate them for The Nib for February, Black History Month. I chose quotes ranging from the casual to the profound from luminaries both past and present. I had so much fun that I did four extra. The next year, 2016, I drafted 12 more; I had a habit. Presented here are the original 24 as well as 15 new ones for 2017."--Front matter.

Notes

Statement of responsibility taken from spine.

Contents

  • Angela Yvonne Davis - MC Ride - George Joseph Herriman - Ice Cube - Saul Williams - Dave Chappelle - Spike Lee - Arturo Alfonso Schomburg - Laverne Cox - James Baldwin - Audre Lorde - Lena Horne - Kimberly Bryant - Fred Hampton - Serena Williams - Poly Styrene - Mykki Blanco - Octavia Butler - Zadie Smith - Kanye West - Shirley Chisholm - Jean-Michel Basquiat - Lee "Scratch" Perry - Marsha P. Johnson - Assata Shakur - Prince - Cathay Williams - Nina Simone - Muhammad Ali - Young M.A. - Sojourner Truth - Cheryl Dunye - Emory Douglas - Rammellzee - Jimi Hendrix - Katherine Johnson - Mary Ellen Pleasant - Eugene Bullard - Bell Hooks.

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