Comic Books and Graphic Novels
Provides useful information about comic books and graphic novels as topics of academic research at the University of Michigan.
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Articles and Literary Criticism
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Drawing on History in Recent African American Graphic Novelsby Michael A. Chaney, MELUS Vol. 32, Issue 3 (2007).
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Can't Leave Me Behind": Racism, Gay Politics, and Coming of Age in Howard Cruse's "Stuck Rubber Babyby Simon Dickel, Amerikastudien / American Studies Vol. 56, Issue 4 (2011).
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From Alabama to Tahrir Square: "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story" comic as a civil rights narrativeby Michael J. Lyons, Journalism in History Vol. 41, Issue 2 (2015).
Comics and Graphic Novels about the Civil Rights Movement
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Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists by Mikki Kendall; Anna D'Amico
Call Number: PN 6727 .K462 A42 2019ISBN: 9780399581793Publication Date: 2019 -
March by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell
Call Number: PN 6727 .L486 M37 2013ISBN: 9781603093002Publication Date: 2013-08-13 -
Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story by Alfred Hassler; Benton Resnik
Call Number: PN 6728 .M365 M37 2014ISBN: 9781603093330Publication Date: 2014-01-21 -
Emmett Till : derniers jours d'une courte vie
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Arnaud Floc'h
Call Number: PN 6747 .F59 E46 2015ISBN: 2848657715Publication Date: 2015 -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Connie Colwell Miller; Dan Kalal (Illustrator); Charles P. Henry (Consultant Editor)
Call Number: PN 6727 .M52 R67 2007ISBN: 0736864954Publication Date: 2006-09-01 -
The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long; Jim Demonakos; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6727 .L67 S55 2012ISBN: 1596436182Publication Date: 2012-01-17 -
Stuck Rubber Baby
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Howard Cruse
Call Number: PN 6727 .C96 S78 1995ISBN: 1563892162Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Related Resources
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Civil Rights and the Black Freedom StruggleDigitized records of organizations including the NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, & CORE, along with FBI surveillance files on MLK, Jr. & from COINTELPRO.
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Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960–1974Documents the 1960s through primary source materials such as diaries, letters, oral histories, and memorabilia.
Last Updated: Dec 5, 2025 10:55 AM
Subjects: Arts, Humanities
Tags: comics