Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story

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Focusing on the Montgomery bus boycott, this 16-page comic book illustrates the pivotal roles of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks in the civil rights movement. It emphasizes nonviolence as a powerful tool for social change, drawing inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi. The narrative begins with a brief overview of King's life and transitions to life under Jim Crow laws in Montgomery, Alabama. Despite its initial neglect by the mainstream comics industry, the comic became influential among civil rights activists and inspired future movements globally.