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Virtual Discussion and Q&A with Joel Christian Gill

Teens and Adults

We will be discussing "Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America" with author and graphic novelist Joel Christian Gill.

This stunningly illustrated graphic-novel adaptation explores, with vivid clarity and dimensionality, the living history of America, and how we can learn from the past to work toward a more equitable future.

Teens and Adults are welcome to register to receive the Zoom link to participate. WPL will be hosting a book event for Stamped from the Beginning in February.

JOEL CHRISTIAN GILL is Chair of the MFA in Visual Narrative at Boston University and a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He is the author of the acclaimed memoir Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence cited as one of the best graphic novels of 2020 by The New York Times and for which he was awarded the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize. He wrote the words and drew the pictures for Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield’s First Ride and the award-winning graphic novel series Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, as well as 3 volumes of Tales of The Talented Tenth, which tell the stories of Bass Reeves, Bessie Stringfield, and Robert Smalls.

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