Interesting post at Book Patrol about a comic book that served as a valuable educational tool for the Civil Rights Movement. It told the story of the Montgomery bus boycott, and explained nonviolent resistance tactics.
As the post explains, comic books made a good choice for spreading the word: "Comics are cheap to produce; lightweight; small in size; easy to disguise, hide or smuggle; and highly disposable."
Few copies of the comic still exist, but there are some in, of course, libraries. Preserve on, libraries. Hang onto the history.
Jessamyn at librarian.net pointed this out.
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