Mark Twain was Right The 2001 Cincinnati Riots
Mark Twain was Right The 2001 Cincinnati Riots by Dan P. Moore is a graphic novel published by Microcosm Publishing in 2012, comprising 95 pages. This work charts the events surrounding the 2001 Cincinnati Riots, marking a significant moment of urban unrest in the United States. The narrative begins with the police killing of a 19-year-old black man and follows the ensuing six days, capturing the complexities of civil disobedience, looting, and police violence.
Readers will find a blend of journalism and storytelling as Moore presents interviews with a diverse range of individuals, including activists and bystanders, to illustrate the community’s response to the crisis. The book delves into themes of civil rights and community dynamics, offering insights into the social and political tensions of the time. This edition serves as a critical exploration of a pivotal event in American history, emphasizing the importance of remembering and understanding these often-overlooked narratives.
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Dan P. Moore’s first graphic novel Mark Twain Was Right charts the course of the 2001 Cincinnati Riots, the largest urban unrest (the first in the 21st century) since the 1992 LA Riots. Moore’s book is an engaging work of journalism–as-narrative-comic, tracing the riot’s genesis from the senseless police killing of a 19-year-old black man to the man’s funeral six days later. What results is a tumultuous cocktail of nonviolent civil disobedience, frustration-fueled looting, and further police violence. Interviews with people of varying perspectives–activists, community leaders, a looter, bystanders, etc–weave a tale of inner-city community coming together. Here we witness a city boiling over, and all the political grossness, interpersonal rallying, and rampant destruction that entails. At 96 pages, Mark Twain Was Right is an important chapter of American history, a story often overlooked and generally misreported, a piece of our lineage that must not be forgotten.
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