Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History
by Harvey Pekar and Gary Dumm and Paul Buhle and Gene Booth and Mariann Wizard and Alice Embree and Eric Gordon and Fredy Perlman and David Rosheim and James Cennamo and Max Elbaum and Michael Balter and Wes Modes and Sally Lillydahl and Bruce Rubenstein and Mark Naison and Penelope Rosemont and Paul LeBanc and Nick Thorkelson and Alan Wald and John Pietaro and Heather Tobis Booth and Josh Brown
The history of SDS as you've never seen it before. In 1962, at a United Auto Workers' camp in Michigan, Students for a Democratic Society held its historic convention and prepared the famous Port Huron Statement, drafted by Tom Hayden. This statement, criticizing the U.S. government's failure to pursue international peace or address domestic inequality, became the organization's manifesto. Its last convention was held in 1969 in Chicago, where, collapsing under the weight of its notoriety and popularity, it shattered into myriad factions. Through brilliant art and they-were-there dialogue, famed graphic novelist Harvey Pekar, gifted artist Gary Dumm, and renowned historian Paul Buhle (as well as several former members of SDS) narrate and illustrate the tumultuous decade that first defined and then was defined by the men and women who gathered under the SDS banner.Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History captures the idealism and activism that drove a generation of young Americans to believe that even one person's actions can help transform the world.
Release Date:
January 7, 2008
