Andre Walter: 2 books
The Blacker the Ink
Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
When many think of comic books the first thing that comes to mind are caped crusaders and spandex-wearing super-heroes. Perhaps, inevitably, these images are of white men (and more rarely, women). It was not until the 1970s that African American superheroes such as Luke Cage, Blade, and others emerged....
Alpha Phi Alpha
A Legacy of Greatness, the Demands of Transcendence
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
On December 4, 1906, on Cornell University's campus, seven black men founded one of the greatest and most enduring organizations in American history. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. has brought together and shaped such esteemed men as Martin Luther King Jr., Cornel West, Thurgood Marshall, Wes Moore,...