Desegregating Comics

Winner of the Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize  Shortlisted for the Best Academic / Scholarly Work Eisner Award  Honorable Mention for the Harry Shaw and Katrina Hazzard-Donald Award for Outstanding Work in African-American Popular Culture Studies from the Popular Culture Association  Some comics fans view the industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as b