Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery

By Mat Johnson, Warren Pleece (Illustrator)

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The early 20th century: an era when lynchings were commonplace throughout the American South. To most of the press, this epidemic of racial murder wasn't even news. But a few courageous reporters from the North risked their lives to expose these atrocities. They were lightskinned AfricanAmerican men who could 'pass' for white.