{"id":1469,"date":"2017-06-13T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2017-06-13T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T18:12:41","slug":"six-days-in-cincinnati-out-now-other-social-justice-titles-to-survive-trumps-amurica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/six-days-in-cincinnati-out-now-other-social-justice-titles-to-survive-trumps-amurica\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Days in Cincinnati Out Now, & Other Social Justice Titles To Survive Trump’s Amurica"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This month sees the official publication of our comics journalism re-release,\u00a0Six Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic Account of the Riots that Shook the Nation a Decade Before Black Lives Matter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Dan Mendez Moore.<\/p>\n

This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the participants.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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.<\/p>\n

This was the first major uprising of the 21st Century, matched only the LA riots a decade<\/em> before and the protests in Ferguson over a decade later. Author and<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Mendez Moore’s comics journalism account sensitively captures a fiery moment in U.S. history through interviews with protesters, 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.<\/p>\n

Six Days in Cincinnati\u00a0<\/em>is an all-American story of systemic racism and the power of popular movements, more relevant today than ever before.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Behind the Scenes Note:<\/p>\n

Six Days<\/em> was originally published as\u00a0Mark Twain Was Right<\/em>,<\/p>\n

referring to a protest sign seen at the March for Justice that quoted Mark Twain:<\/p>\n

“If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. <\/em><\/p>\n

Everything comes there 10 years later.<\/em>” \u2190<\/p>\n

Check out an interview with creator Dan Mendez Moore over at\u00a0Literary Hub<\/a>, or check out some of the other love on\u00a0Library Journal<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Broken Frontier.<\/a><\/p>\n

Get one now!<\/a><\/p>\n

And if you can’t afford a copy, our website offers sliding scale pricing, so you can pay what works for you. \u00a0If you still can’t, check out this Goodreads Giveaway<\/a>, starting today and ending June 20th.<\/p>\n

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