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Tag Archives: police violence
Graphic Insights into Racism
Since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last May, public outcries have re-focused attention on the injustices that a few years ago triggered today’s Black Lives Matter movement. For readers tween and up, that movement’s emotional center and origins are embodied … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Alitha E. Martinez, Amidou Diallo, Audubon On the Wings of the World, Audubon Society, bird-watching, Black Birders Week, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther, Black Panther: World of Wakanda, Breonna Taylor, Chadwick Boseman, Christian Cooper, comic book short story, DC comics, George Floyd, graphic short story, Huntington's Chorea, I Am Alfonso Jones, institutional racism, institutional violence, It's a Bird . . ., It's a Bird short story, John Jennings, magical realism, Marvel Comics, Northstar, police, police violence, racial stereotypes, racism, Represent!, Roxanne Gay, semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Stacey Robinson, superhero, Superman, Teddy Krisitiansen, teenage character, Tony Medina
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In War and Peace
What happens when peacetime resembles war? I will be pondering this question in coming weeks as we celebrate Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month here in the U.S.A. This year there will be a special focus on the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Hamlet", African-American History Month, All-American Boys, Amadou Diallo, Angie Thomas, Anthony Baez, Black History month, Black Lives Matter, Brendan Kiely, Canaan White, Damian Duffy, Eleanor Bumpurs, Harlem, Henry Dumas, hip-hop "Hamlet", How It Went Down, I Am Alfonso Jones, Jason Reynolds, John Jennings, Kekla Magoon, Kindred, Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Max Brooks, Michael Stewart, New York City, Octavia Butler, police violence, racism, Sergeant Henry Johnson, Stacey Robinson, teenager, The Harlem Hellfighters, The Hate U Give, Tony Medina, World War I
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