Tag: 1960s

‘March: Book Three’ 1st comic book to win National Book Award

Final part of Congressman John Lewis’s graphic novel memoir

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Interview: Cap Edward Dwight, the first African American to be trained as an astronaut.

Kennedy wanted this man on the moon.

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MEIKO KAJI AND THE ASS-KICKING FEMALE GANGS OF THE ‘STRAY CAT ROCK’ FILMS, 1970-71

Check it out at Dangerousminds.com.

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Jiro Kuwata’s “Batmanga”!

A Superhero Comic Unlike Any You Have Seen

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Watch Jazzy Spies: 1969 Psychedelic Sesame Street Animation Featuring Grace Slick

There’s fascinating info at Open Culture.

1969 was the year of “Sesame Street’s” debut, and even for the ’60s it’s hard to believe this was kids’ programming. But excellent. (The Dark Matters peeps were late ’60s babies, so we only saw Jazzy Spies in reruns. Very memorable, though.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WSHvbGM6oE

’60s and ’70s Mexican Pulp Novels: Martians, Robots, Werewolves—and Lots of “Hot Babes”

Colorful in more than one way.

(Via DangerousMinds.net)

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Cover of “Mexican Pulp Art” by Maria Cristina Tavera

US Rep John Lewis Discusses His New Civil Rights Graphic Novel

March Book Two: John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell

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How Dr Martin Luther King Jr convinced Nichelle Nichols to remain on Star Trek

She had decided to leave the series for Broadway

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