Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White
Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is an autobiographical comic set during the Civil Rights Movement written by American author Lila Quintero Weaver. It was published on 31 March 2012. The graphic novel explores issues of immigrant identity that was based on the author's life. Overview. In 1961, Lila immigrates with her family from Buenos Aires to live in Marion, Alabama. The comic book describes her experience growing up as a Latina immigrant during the integration period immediately following the outlawing of Jim Crow laws in the Southern United States. She  describes her feelings about growing up in a town with racial tension that she didn't know where exactly she belonged and about her personal fight against the racial discrimination surrounding her. She also writes her personal account of the night of the Jimmie Lee Jackson murder which took place near her home. The graphic novel analyzes the connections between race, identity, immigration, and growing up in the United States. The author was nominated for the 2012 Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent for this work.