Good trouble / Noxon, Christopher

The author, distraught over the results of the 2016 presidential election, takes an illustrated look at lessons from the civil rights movement that modern-day activists can use to create positive change. Includes a list of suggested reading.

Revisiting episodes from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, . . . 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 . . . 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.