Article on Graphic Narratives and History in the Americas

 A rich and fascinating article about graphic narratives and histories in Latin America and North America, their use in education, and the history of comics themselves, features Kate Masur, author of Freedom Was In Sight, as one of the interviewees. Read it here: https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/130/1/231/8069659

Freedom Was In Sight nominated for awards

 Freedom Was In Sight was a finalist in the Nonfiction Graphic Novels category of the 2025 PROSE Awards, and is a finalist in the Graphic Novels and Comics category of the 2024 Foreword INDIES book awards.

Freedom Was In Sight talk

In November the National Museum of African American History and Culture hosted a fascinating panel discussion where author Kate Masur spoke about Freedom Was In Sight, and more generally about Reconstruction, teaching, and the people whose stories the book tells. Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yssH5o9Ni5Q

Freedom Was In Sight!

 Kate Masur's Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region is out now. Find out more about it and check out a preview of the book at The University of North Carolina Press website.

New Graphic History

Freedom Was In Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region, written by Kate Masur and published by the University of North Carolina Press, is available for pre-order now. Its release date is October 2024.

If you order it from the UNC Press site, you can use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%!