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Good Trouble : Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook - Christopher Noxon

Good Trouble

Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook

By: Christopher Noxon

Hardcover | 1 January 2019

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Good Trouble is the helpful antidote to all the pessimism and name-calling that is permeating today's political and social dialogues. Revisiting episodes from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, it highlights the essential lessons that modern-day activists and the civically minded can extract and embrace in order to move forward and create change.

In words and vivid pen-and-watercolor illustrations, journalist Christopher Noxon dives into the real stories behind the front lines of the Montgomery bus boycott and the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins and notable figures such as Rosa Parks and Bayard Rustin, all while exploring the parallels between the civil rights movement era and the present moment. This thoughtful, fresh approach is sure to inspire conversation, action, and, most importantly, hope.

About the Author

Christopher Noxon is a journalist who has written for the New Yorker, Los Angeles Magazine, The Atlantic, Salon, and the New York Times Magazine.
Industry Reviews
"This inspiring graphic guidebook is both a history primer on crucial civil-rights moments and figures from the '50s and '60s and a game plan for future activists." -- New York Magazine
"[Noxon's] illustrations add depth and deftly capture scenes, likenesses, and iconic moments." -- Booklist
"Noxon explores the history of the civil rights movement in this illustrated guide to its iconic moments and most important figures, from Rosa Parks to Bayard Rustin." -- The New York Times online
"A consolidated democracy has to be open to diverse opinions; dissent and differences of opinion on policies is an important element of every democracy. In desanitizing the Civil Rights movement, Noxon's Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook is a call to address this issue across the nation." -- The New York Journal of Books

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