Credits
Writer(s):
Aaron McGruder; Reginald Hudlin
Penciller(s):
Kyle Baker
Inker(s):
Kyle Baker
Colorist(s):
Kyle Baker
Letterer(s):
Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous, opinion
Character(s):
Fred Fredericks; Kabilah [Shannon Randall]; Kendrick Wallace; President Caldwell; Roscoe; Donna Kelly; John Roberts; Richard (presidential advisor); Jack (secretary of state); Condice (presidential advisor); Boogie [Captain George Washington, USAF]
First Line:
St. Louis
Synopsis:
Virtually the entire population of impoverished all-black East St. Louis is "mistakenly" disenfranchised, throwing the presidential election to inept Governor Caldwell. When the Supreme Court upholds the result East St. Louis secedes as the republic of Blackland and establishes an "offshore" bank, quickly attracting gigantic amounts of money. The Caldwell administration tries vainly by surreptitious means to break the city, and at last orders a full military attack. Blackland defuses the attack at the last minute by alliance with OPEC, which threatens the American oil supply.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
137
Notes:
Created from an unsuccessful treatment for an animated film. Story drawn from the 2000 US election fiasco. The US Presidential team characters are caricatures of members of the Bush administration: Caldwell (President George W. Bush); Dick/Richard (vice-president Dick Cheney); Jack (Secretary of State Colin Powell) and Condice (national security advisor Condoleezza Rice). the book title ("Birth of a Nation") is also the title of a silent movie glorifying the Ku Klux Klan and celebrating the suppression of the black vote after the Civil War.
Detail
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