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''Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African Americans'' is a book by co-authored by Roland Owen Laird Jr. and Taneshia Nash Laird, and illustrated by Elihu “Adolfo” Bey. First published in September 1997, it was the first book to tell the vivid history of African Americans in one 200+ page cartoon narrative. ''Still I Rise'' covers the history of black people in America between the time periods of 1618, when the first skilled African craftspeople and farmers were brought over as indentured servants, to the Million Man March of 1995. Cartoonist Bey and the Lairds analyze such topics as militancy, separatism, integration, focusing on leaders such as Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglass, and Martin Luther King.〔Burns, Ann. "Black Americans in Focus." Social Sciences 1 November 1997: 1.〕 The historically accurate book shows how Black Americans have persevered despite overwhelming odds.〔Jones, William Richard. African American Web Connection. 1997. 21 November 2008 == Authors’ and Illustrator Background == Roland and Taneshia Laird Roland Laird grew up in New York, and graduated from Brown University. At Brown, he co-founded the NY Chapter of Brown University’s Page Black Alumni Council. Roland Laird is the founder and CEO of Posro Media, an entertainment production company that explores African American history and culture in a variety of formats, including comics, books, radio, video, and film.〔Macrone, Michael. "Roland Laird." 2008. Publishers Marketplace. 17 November 2008 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb467229.htm〕 Roland and Taneshia live in Trenton, NJ with their daughter Imani Fasarah Laird. Elihu Adofo Bey Elihu Adofo Bey is the illustrator for ''Still I Rise''. Elihu started reading comic books when he was 6, and has been drawing ever since. Bey has previously stated that black comic artists traditionally have drawn white characters or, at best, black characters who fall into the superhero stereotype.〔New York Times. "At Posro Komics, Heroes Defy the Odds, and Stereotypes ." New York Times 12 July 1993: 1-2. 〕 "I want my drawings to convey emotion and spirituality," he said. "I want to portray black people as they really are." Charles Johnson Charles Johnson is responsible for the introduction of the book. Charles Johnson is the author of four novels Faith and the Good Thing (1974), Oxherding Tale (1982), Middle Passage (1990), and Dreamer (Scribner, 1998). A former director of the creative writing program at the University of Washington, he has written over 20 screenplays, published over 50 reviews, and has lectured in 9 countries as well as being a regular speaker at American campuses.〔Oxherdingtale. Charles Johnson Biography. 2002. 16 November 2008 〕 Charles Johnson points out in his introduction, the history of African American cartooning runs very deep, yet is almost unknown. “''Still I Rise'' is a great contribution. It not only tells history, it makes history.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African Americans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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