The Silence of Our Friends
New York : First Second/Square Fish, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First Square Fish edition.
Description: 198 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.
Subjects:
African American college students -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Civil rights movements -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Texas -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Texas -- Race relations -- Comic books, strips, etc.
African American college students -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Civil rights movements -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Texas -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Texas -- Race relations -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9781250164988
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| GN Silence Long | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Graphic Novel | In |
Originally published 2012; this edition includes a new introduction by John Jennings.
