Six Days In Cincinnati

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

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This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the participants. When Timothy Thomas, a 19-year-old black man, was fatally shot by police, the city broke out into nonviolent civil disobedience that was met with further police violence. This was the first major uprising of the 21st Century, matched only by the LA riots a decade before and the protests in Ferguson over a decade later. Author and illustrator Dan Mendez Moore was 17 at the time when he participated in the six days of protests.

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"Moore reports some of the story from his direct observation, and the rest through a series of flashback interviews with others who were directly involved. Moore and the other narrators are unflinchingly honest, revealing their mistakes and regrets along with the passion for justice that motivated their actions." --Steve Palm-Houser, Examiner

"Moore has something that many of the biggest names in comics unfortunately lack--life experience and something to say about it." --Seth Tobocman, Disaster and Resistance

"Comics bring to life and to light the joys and struggles of life. Moore has successfully continued that tradition, capturing a moment part of a continuous movement for world wide justice. I look forward to his next work." --Reverend Damon Lynch III

Author Bio

Dan Mndez Moore was born and raised in Cincinnati and received his bachelors degree in Urban Studies at Portland State University. He first got involved in social justice organizing during high school, when he founded the Cincinnati Radical Youth, and has never stopped. He currently works organizing low-wage workers at SEIU Local 26 in Minneapolis, MN. His comics have been published in Labor Notes and Cincinnati Street Vibes and he has a series of comics used as popular education tools for low-wage workers fighting for change.