Category: american history

+

+ american history, andrew aydin, civil rights, fannie lou hamer, graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, john lewis, keisha blain, march, nate powell

Fannie Lou Hamer in “March”: Part III

by

Over the last couple of posts, I’ve looked at the depiction of Fannie Lou Hamer’s 1964 speech in front of the Credentials Committee at the Democratic National Convention in John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell’s March Trilogy. Today, I want to finish up that discussion by examining what occurred after Hamer’s speech and the ways that Lewis, Aydin, and Powell depict what happened. … Read More Fannie Lou Hamer in “March”: Part III

+

+ american history, andrew aydin, civil rights, comics, fannie lou hamer, graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, john lewis, keisha blain, march, nate powell

Fannie Lou Hamer in “March”: Part II

by

In the last post, I started looking at the ways that John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell depict Fannie Lou Hamer’s speech in front of the Credentials Committee at the Democratic National Convention in 1964. Today, I want to finish looking at that sequence, focusing on the latter part of Hamer’s speech and moving into her interaction with Hubert H. Humphrey later during … Read More Fannie Lou Hamer in “March”: Part II

+

+ american history, civil rights, fannie lou hamer, history, march

Fannie Lou Hamer in “March”: Part I

by

In a recent post, I wrote about a couple of individuals and events that I wish the March Trilogy spent some more time exploring. As I said in that post, I know that the trilogy could not cover everything and everyone involved in the Civil Rights Movement; however, as we move towards book three, we begin to see more of the movement outside of … Read More Fannie Lou Hamer in “March”: Part I

+

+ american history, civil rights, comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, holocaust, jim crow, syllabus

“Jim Crow and the Holocaust” Syllabus

by

The study travel trip that a colleague and I planned for Poland didn’t happen, for various reasons. However, one of the students who registered for the trip asked if I could do a directed study based on the Poland trip. I agreed to lead the directed study this summer, and I’ve been thinking, over the past few weeks, how to expand and make the … Read More “Jim Crow and the Holocaust” Syllabus

+

+ american history, composition, down yonder 'zine, essay, history

Writing “I Have a Secret”

by

Recently, my essay, “I Have a Secret,” appeared in Down Yonder ‘Zine, and Adam Jordan asked me some questions about the essay on Twitter. I wrote this essay back in the summer of 2020 following the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery and the accosting of Christian Copper in Central Park as he was birdwatching. It is one of the most … Read More Writing “I Have a Secret”

Archive
Follow me on Twitter

Blog at WordPress.com.