Joel Christian Gill
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 31 cm
Description
"Have you ever been told that you're not enough? That you're not strong enough, tall enough, or fast enough? Bessie was told she was not enough. This book combines an imagined story of Bessie Stringfield as a young girl with historical facts about the real Bessie, a true adventurer and one of the first African-American women to travel solo across the United States on a motorcycle"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Strange fruit volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
172 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
A collection of stories from African American history that exemplifies success in the face of great adversity. This unique graphic anthology offers historical and cultural commentary on nine uncelebrated heroes whose stories are not often found in history books. Among the stories included are: Henry 'Box' Brown, who escaped from slavery by mailing himself to Philadelphia; Alexander Crummel and the Noyes Academy, the first integrated school in America,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
246 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Tales of the talented tenth volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
119 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
"Do you know the story of the slave who sailed himself to freedom? Joel Christian Gill brings Robert Smalls back to life, telling the true story of the enslaved African who pulled off one of the most daring and largest heists of the Civil War. Come along for the adventure as Robert earns a job working for the CSS Planter, escapes to freedome, and goes on to become a first-generation Black politician." --Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Strange fruit volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
106 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
A collection of stories from early African American history that represent the oddity of success in the face of great adversity. Each of the eight illustrated chapters chronicles an uncelebrated African American hero or event. Joel Christian Gill offers historical and cultural commentary on heroes whose stories are not often found in history books, such as Cathay Williams, the only known female buffalo soldier, and Eugene Bullard, a fighter pilot...