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Egyptian Activists Inspired by Forgotten 50 Year Old Martin Luther King Comic

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Egyptian Activists Inspired by Forgotten Martin Luther King Comic Feb 11th 2011 By: Andy Khouri http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/11/martin-luther-king-comic-egypt/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook While the world's political pundits debate the role the United States has played in the historical events presently occurring in Egypt, one activist is crediting a specific American with playing a part in inspiring a generation of Egyptians to take to the streets in a nonviolent protest that has changed the course of their nation. That American is Martin Luther King, Jr., and his message was transmitted by way of a 50-year-old comic book recently translated into Arabic and distributed throughout the Middle East. Originally published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation in 1958, The Montgomery Story was a comic book that dealt explicitly with Dr...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 13, 2011 (boomark / email).