SOCIAL SCIENCES

Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience

by Ernie Colón

Jacobson, Sid & . Hill & Wang: Farrar. Sept. 2017. 192p. ISBN 9780809093687. $35; pap. ISBN 9780809093694. $17. GRAPHIC NOVELS

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Marvel Comics veterans Jacobson, the creator of Richie Rich, and Colón take a wide-lens view of African American history, beginning with the 16th-century slave trade and ending with the Black Lives Matter movement. (LJ 11/1/15)

Reviewed by Molly McArdle , Jan 01, 2017

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