How can comics storytelling help reconcile conflicts within our collective and personal histories, speak truth to power, and fight for a more just and equitable society? Ben Passmore confronts the history of Black resistance in the United States with gravity, humor, and vulnerability in Black Arms to Hold You Up. Part memoir, part comics journalism, Denali Sai Nalamalapu’s Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance follows six frontline activists resisting the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia. And Raymond Tyler’s Black Coal & Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars recounts the class warfare of the West Virginia mines during the early 20th century. Join these authors as they reflect on their historical research, creative process, and lessons learned while chronicling these gripping stories of resistance. Moderated by author, animator, and designer Ronald Wimberly.
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