Six days in Cincinnati
Subtitle: a graphic account of the riots that shook the nation a decade before black lives matter
By: Dan Méndez Moore
Series: Comics journalism
Publisher: Microcosm
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781621068006
Subjects: Race riots; Biography; Comic books, strips
Other titles: 6 days in Cincinnati
Work titles: Mark Twain was right
Description: "This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the participants. When Timothy Thomas, a 19 year old black man, was fatally shot by police, the city broke out into nonviolent civil disobedience that was met with further police violence. This was the first major uprising of the 21st Century, matched only the LA riots a decade before and the protests in Ferguson over a decade later. Author and illustrator Dan Mendez Moore was 17 at the time and participated in the six days of protests that shook the city between Thomas's death and his funeral. Mendez Moore's comics journalism account sensitively captures a fiery moment in U.S. history through interviews with protestors, community leaders, bystanders, and a frustrated looter. He portrays the tension of a city boiling over, political leaders taking advantage, and an inner-city community coming together. Six Days in Cincinnati is an all-American story of systemic racism and the power of popular movements, more relevant today than ever before"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Republication of: "Mark Twain was right : the 2001 Cincinnati riots" by Dan P. Moore, 2012.

Microcosm #76132.

Title from cover.