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# How a Comic Book Changed the Life of a Civil Rights Activist
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/how-a-comic-book-changed-the-life-of-a-civil-rights-activist/
- Published: 2017-01-16T13:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:47:19.000Z
- Description: It's always the same questions people ask when they discuss the intersection of art and politics.
- Author: Lauren Purje
- Tags: Comics, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2)

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