Friday Feb 10th -"The Silence of Our Friends" book signing & release party
THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE
WAS NEVER BLACK AND WHITE
Meet and celebrate with the creators of “The Silence of Our Friends,” Mark Long, Jim Demonakos, and Nate Powell. This powerful graphic novel puts face to the fight for Civil Rights as it played out in the relationships between real people. It feature art by the Eisner award winning Nate Powell, author of Any Empire and Swallow Me Whole. We’ll also be displaying original art from the book.
Friday Feb 10th - 7pm
“The Silence of Our Friends is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in 1967 Texas, against the backdrop of the civil rights struggle. A white family from the most racist neighborhood in the city and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston’s color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.”
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