Cassius Clay, der sich später Muhammad Ali nannte und zum Islam übertrat, ist eine Legende des Boxsports. Er gewann olympisches Gold und war mehrfach Weltmeister im Schwergewicht. Als Zeitgenosse von Martin Luther King und Malcolm X setzte er sich stark für die schwarze Sache ein und wurde zu einer Ikone des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sybille Titeux und Amazing Améziane schaffen mit ihrer gut recherchierten Nacherzählung von Muhammad Alis Leben eine virtuos illustrierte Comic-Biografie in einem vom Film noir inspirierten Zeichenstil.
In Ms Davis, the acclaimed French cartooning duo tell a story of this seminal, revolutionary, 1970s icon through an accessible graphic novel narrative.Born in 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, Angela Davis’ family fought in the civil rights movement against racial segregation enforced by the Ku Klux Klan. In 1968, she joined the Black Communist Party and traveled to Cuba, a journey which left its mark on her forever. In 1971, the FBI put Davis on their 10 Most Wanted List. They accused her of orchestrating a politically motivated Marin County courtroom gunfight because she owned the guns. She went to prison despite her protestations of innocence. The Black People in Defense of Angela Davis formed, and soon the entire world would know her story and demand her freedom. In 1972, she was found not guilty by an all-white jury. Since then, she has dedicated her life to the fight for justice.The graphic biography also includes illustrated educational supplementary material that adds historical context about the various political organizations and programs referred to in the book, such as COINTELPRO, an illegal FBI program dedicated to destroying U.S. political groups it deemed “subversive.”
