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Martin Luther King And The Montgomery Story
''Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story'' is a 16-page comic book about Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery bus boycott published in 1957 by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (United States), Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR USA). It advocates the principles of nonviolence and provides a primer on nonviolent resistance.Bello. Grace"A Comic Book for Social Justice: John Lewis,"''Publishers Weekly'' (July 19, 2012). Although ignored by the mainstream comics industry, ''The Montgomery Story'', written by Alfred Hassler and Benton Resnik and illustrated by Sy Barry, was widely distributed among civil rights groups, churches, and schools. It helped inspire nonviolent protest movements around the Southern United States, and later in Latin America, South Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Over 50 years after its initial publication, the comic inspired the best-selling, award-winning March (comics), ''March'' trilogy by Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia Congressman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-fiction Comics
Non-fiction comics, also known as graphic non-fiction, is non-fiction in the comics medium, embracing a variety of formats from comic strips to trade paperbacks. Comic strips and comic books Traditionally, comic strips have long offered factual material in this category, notably ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'', John Hix's ''Strange as It Seems'', Ralph Graczak's '' Our Own Oddities'', King Features' ''Heroes of American History'', Gordon Johnston's ''It Happened in Canada'', and others. ''Dick's Adventures in Dreamland'' was another attempt by King Features to teach history with comics. Clayton Knight created a strip about aviators, ''The Hall of Fame of the Air'' (1935–40), later collected in a book. ''Texas History Movies'', which began on October 5, 1926, in ''The Dallas Morning News'', received praise from educators, as did ''America's Best Buy: The Louisiana Purchase'', a 1953 daily strip in the ''New Orleans States'', distributed nationally by the Register and Tribune Syndi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966, and was one of the " Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Fulfilling many key roles in the civil rights movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States, in 1965 Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where, in an incident which became known as Bloody Sunday, state troopers and police attacked Lewis and the other marchers. A member of the Democratic Party, Lewis was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986 and served 17 terms. The district he represented included most of Atlanta. Due to hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace News
''Peace News'' (''PN'') is a pacifist magazine first published on 6 June 1936 to serve the peace movement in the United Kingdom. From later in 1936 to April 1961 it was the official paper of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU), and from 1990 to 2004 was co-published with War Resisters' International. History Founding and early days ''Peace News'' was begun by Humphrey Moore who was a Quaker and in 1933 had become editor of the National Peace Council's publications. Working with a peace group in Wood Green, London, Moore and his wife, Kathleen (playing the role of business manager), launched ''Peace News'' with a free trial issue in June 1936. With distribution through Moore’s contacts with the National Peace Council, the new magazine rapidly attracted attention. Within six weeks, Dick Sheppard, founder of the Peace Pledge Union, proposed to Moore that ''Peace News'' should become the PPU’s paper.Harry Mister"Humphrey Moore 1909-1995", ''Peace News'' No. 2395.Harry Mister and Step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Guardian
''The National Guardian'', later known as ''The Guardian'', was a left-wing independent weekly newspaper established in 1948 in New York City. The paper was founded by James Aronson, Cedric Belfrage and John T. McManus in connection with the 1948 Presidential campaign of Henry A. Wallace under the Progressive Party banner. Although independent and often critical of all political parties, the ''National Guardian'' is thought to have been initially close to the ideological orbit of the pro-Moscow Communist Party USA, but this suspected association quickly broke down in the course of several years. In February 1968 the newspaper's editorial staff was reorganized. The paper shortened its name to ''The Guardian'' and gradually turned towards a pro-Chinese orientation and support of the Maoist New Communist Movement in the United States. During the early 1980s the publication's ideological line shifted once again, this time towards an independent non-communist radicalism. ''The Guard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Store
A confectionery store (more commonly referred to as a sweet shop in the United Kingdom, a candy shop or candy store in North America, or a lolly shop in Australia and New Zealand) sells confectionery and the intended market is usually children. Most confectionery stores are filled with an assortment of sweets far larger than a grocer or convenience store could accommodate. They often offer a selection of old-fashioned treats and sweets from different countries. Very often unchanged in layout since their inception, confectioneries are known for their warming and nostalgic feel. History Akisato Ritō's ''Miyako meisho zue'' (An Illustrated Guide to the Capital) from 1787 describes a confectionery store situated near the Great Buddha erected by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, then one of Kyoto's most important tourist attractions. In 1917, there were 55 confectionery shops in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which had a population of 70,000 people. Guinness World Records has recognized a store ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharmacies
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links health sciences with pharmaceutical sciences and natural sciences. The professional practice is becoming more clinically oriented as most of the drugs are now manufactured by pharmaceutical industries. Based on the setting, pharmacy practice is either classified as community or institutional pharmacy. Providing direct patient care in the community of institutional pharmacies is considered clinical pharmacy. The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing of medications. It also includes more modern services related to health care including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information. Pharmacists, therefore, are experts on drug therapy and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsstands
A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's or paper shop (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American and Canadian English) is a business that sells newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, snacks and often items of local interest. In Great Britain, Ireland and Australia, these businesses are termed ''newsagents'' (or ''newsagency'' in Australia). Newsagents typically operate in busy public places like city streets, railway stations and airports. Racks for newspapers and magazines can also be found in convenience stores, bookstores and supermarkets. The physical establishment can be either freestanding or part of a larger structure (e.g. a shopping mall or a railway station). In Canada and the United States, newsstands are often open stalls in public locations such as streets, or in a transit terminal or station ( subway, rail, or airport). By country Brazil In Brazil, newsagents' shops are known as "bancas de jornal" or "bancas de revistas" and are usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Comics
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having '' handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Romberger
James Romberger (born 1958) is an American fine artist and cartoonist known for his depictions of New York City's Lower East Side. Romberger's pastel drawings of the ravaged landscape of the Lower East Side and its citizens are in many public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museums in New York City. His solo and collaborative exhibitions have appeared at Ground Zero Gallery NY, the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Gracie Mansion, The Proposition, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Romberger has long contributed work in the comics medium to alternative publications such as ''World War 3 Illustrated''. ''Ground Zero'', his science-fiction strip collaboration with his wife, filmmaker Marguerite Van Cook, was serialized through the 1980s and 1990s in various downtown literary magazines. His efforts for commercial comics publishers include work for Marvel Comics’s '' Epic Illustrated'', Image Comics' ''NYC Mech'', Paradox Press' ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Press
Toby Press was an American comic-book company that published from 1949 to 1955. Founded by Elliott Caplin, brother of cartoonist Al Capp and himself an established comic strip writer, the company published reprints of Capp's ''Li'l Abner'' strip; licensed-character comics starring such film and animated cartoon properties as John Wayne and Felix the Cat; and original conceptions, including romance, war, Western, and adventure comics. Some of its comics were published under the imprint Minoan. Some covers bore the logo ANC, standing for American News Company, at the time the country's largest newsstand distributor. It is unrelated to the book publisher Toby Press, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 2010. History Elliott Caplin entered the comic-book field as editor of ''True Comics'' for the Parents Magazine Institute.Benton, Mike. ''The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History'' (Taylor Publishing Company : Dallas, Texas 1989) p.148. Some years later, he founded Toby Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benton Resnik
Benton may refer to: Places Canada *Benton, a local service district south of Woodstock, New Brunswick *Benton, Newfoundland and Labrador United Kingdom *Benton, Devon, near Bratton Fleming * Benton, Tyne and Wear United States *Benton, Alabama * Benton, Arkansas * Benton, California * Benton, Illinois *Benton, Indiana *Benton, Iowa * Benton, Kansas * Benton, Kentucky *Benton, Louisiana *Benton, Maine * Benton, Michigan *Benton, Missouri *Benton, New Hampshire *Benton, New York *Benton, Ohio *Benton, Pennsylvania (other) *Benton, Tennessee * Benton, Wisconsin *Benton (town), Wisconsin *Benton (Middleburg, Virginia), a historic house *Benton Charter Township, Michigan *Benton Crossing, California *Benton Harbor, Michigan *Benton Hot Springs, California (ghost town) *Benton Ridge, Ohio *Fort Benton, Montana * Lake Benton, Minnesota * Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation, California People * Benton (surname) Other * The Benton meteorite of 1949, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Capp
Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip ''Li'l Abner'', which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips ''Abbie an' Slats'' (in the years 1937–45) and ''Long Sam'' (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning". Capp's comic strips dealt with urban experiences in the northern states of the USA until the year he introduced "Li'l Abner". Although Capp was from Connecticut, he spent 43 years writing about the fictional Southern town of Dogpatch, reaching an estimated 60 million readers in more than 900 American newspapers and 100 more papers in 28 countries internationally. M. Thomas Inge says ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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