Bugün öğrendim ki: 1957'de yayınlanan Montgomery otobüs boykotunu anlatan Martin Luther King ve Montgomery Hikayesi adlı bir çizgi roman, dünya çapında eşitlik için şiddet içermeyen protestolara ilham verme konusunda kredilendirildi. Bir King hayranı olan karikatürist Al Capp, stüdyosuna ücretsiz olarak ürettirdi.
_**Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story**_ is a 16-page comic book about [Martin Luther King Jr.](/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. "Martin Luther King Jr."), [Rosa Parks](/wiki /Rosa_Parks "Rosa Parks"), and the [Montgomery bus boycott](/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott "Montgomery bus boycott") published in 1957 by the [Fellowship of Reconciliation](/wiki/Fellowship_of_Reconciliation_\(United_States\) " \(United States\)") (FOR USA). It advocates the principles of [nonviolence](/wiki/Nonviolence "Nonviolence") and provides a primer on [nonviolent resistance](/wiki/Nonviolent_resistance "Nonviolent resistance").[1] Although ignored by the mainstream comics industry, _The Montgomery Story_ , written by [Alfred Hassler](/wiki/Alfred_Hassler "Alfred Hassler") and Benton Resnik and illustrated by [Sy Barry](/wiki/Sy_Barry "Sy Barry"), was Widely distributed among civil rights groups, churches, and schools. It helped inspire nonviolent protest movements around the [Southern United States](/wiki/Southern_United_States "Southern United States"), and later in [Latin America](/wiki/Latin_America "Latin America"), [South Africa](/wiki /South_Africa "South Africa"),[2] the [Middle East](/wiki/Middle_East "Middle East"), and elsewhere. Over 50 years after its initial publication, the comic inspired the best-selling, award-winning [_March_ trilogy](/wiki/March_\(comics\) "March \(comics\)") by [Georgia](/wiki/ Georgia_\(US_state\) "Georgia \(US state\)") Congressman [John Lewis](/wiki/John_Lewis "John Lewis").[1]