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Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story
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"Now Top Shelf has teamed up with the Fellowship of Reconciliation to produce the first ever fully-authorized . . . edition[s] of this historic comic book, as a companion to the bestselling graphic...
"Now Top Shelf has teamed up with the Fellowship of Reconciliation to produce the first ever fully-authorized . . . edition[s] of this historic comic book, as a companion to the bestselling graphic novel March: Book One."--Publisher's website.
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- English
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- [Marietta, GA] : [Top Shelf Productions ; Fellowship of Reconciliation], [2014]
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- [16 pages] : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781603093330, 1603093338
- OCLC
- ocn866616237
- Cover title.
- No indication on the item itself that it is a reproduction; label with only ISBN and barcode on plastic sleeve, no publisher information. Printed on newsprint with conjugate leaves glued together (not stapled).
- Reproduction. Originally published: Nyack, NY : Fellowship of Reconciliation, December 1957 or January 1958.
- Model for John Lewis and Andrew Aydin's 2013 graphic novel series March (Marietta, Georgia: Top Shelf Production, 2013; http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/martin-luther-king-and-the-montgomery-story/876).
- Originally published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation to spread knowledge of nonviolent action; Alfred Hassler led the effort with the aid of Benton J. Resnik, former general manager of comics publisher Toby Press, and with some suggestions from Martin Luther King, Jr., as Andrew Aydin has identified from their correspondence.--Andrew Aydin, "The comic book that changed the world: Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story's vital role in the Civil Rights Movement," Creative Loafing blog, Aug. 1, 2013; adapted from his master's thesis (http://clatl.com/atlanta/the-comic-book-that-changed-the-world/Content?oid=8807186)
- Andrew Aydin, The Comic Book that Changed the World, master's thesis, Georgetown University, 2012.
Subjects
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- Montgomery Improvement Association -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Discrimination in public accommodations -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Comic books, strips, etc.