![]() ![]() " n engrossing narrative about race in America, while honestly dealing with a host of other real-world issues, including familial relationships, friendship, dependency, "other"-ness, and perhaps most importantly, the search for common ground." - Publishers Weekly ![]() With art from the brilliant Nate Powell ( Swallow Me Whole) bringing the tale to heart-wrenching life, The Silence of Our Friends is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature. Semi-fictionalized, this story has its roots solidly in very real events. The Silence of Our Friends follows events through the point of view of young Mark Long, whose father is a reporter covering the story. 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. ![]() This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967. A New York Times-bestselling graphic novel based on the true story of two families-one white and one black-who find common ground as the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas. ![]()
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