{"product_id":"black-arms-to-hold-you-up-a-history-of-black-resistance-paperback","title":"Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Passmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Ignatz and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Ben Passmore comes a whirlwind graphic history of Black life, taken by force\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the summer of 2020, and downtown Philly is up in flames. \"You're not out in the streets with everyone else?\" Ronnie asks his ambivalent son, Ben, shambling in with arms full of used books: the works of Malcom X, Robert F. Williams, Assata and Sanyika Shakur, among others. \"Black liberation is your fight, too.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eBlack Arms to Hold You Up, \u003c\/i\u003ea boisterous, darkly funny, and sobering march through Black militant history by political cartoonist Ben Passmore. From Robert Charles's shootout with the police in 1900, to the Black Power movement in the 1960s, to the Los Angeles and George Floyd uprisings of the 1990s and 2020, readers will tumble through more than a century of armed resistance against the racist state alongside Ben--and meet firsthand the mothers and fathers of the movement, whose stories were as tragic as they were heroic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat, after so many decades lost to state violence, is there left to fight for? Deeply researched, vibrantly drawn, and bracingly introspective, \u003ci\u003eBlack Arms to Hold You Up \u003c\/i\u003edares to find the answer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEN PASSMORE \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the ongoing comic book series \u003ci\u003eDaygloayhole\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection \u003ci\u003eYour Black Friend\u003c\/i\u003e. He also wrote and illustrated \u003ci\u003eSports Is Hell\u003c\/i\u003e (Koyama Press), collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on \u003ci\u003eBTTM FDRS\u003c\/i\u003e (Fantagraphics), and contributes to publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe Nib\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 10.89 x 8.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978294296877,"sku":"9780593316122","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ppexB6W6jb9780593316122.webp?v=1775801493","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/black-arms-to-hold-you-up-a-history-of-black-resistance-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}