![]() This is based on a real life event I knew nothing about and I’m sure there are many such incidents from the 1960s about which I have little or no knowledge. On the surface, this is a story of a friendship and a protest and a trial. The Good: This is a fictionalized version of the author’s childhood some things were changed, such as the date of the protest and the details that resulted in the arrests of the TSU Five. Will Jack Long be silent about what he saw happen - that a fellow officer accidentally shot the police officer? A police officer is shot and killed hundreds are arrested and five black college students are charged with his murder. Not only are the arrests rough and brutal a shot rings out, a police officer is injured, and violence erupts. , or nothing is going to change.”Ī non-violent protest at the local historically black college ends violently when police move in to arrest the protesters. ![]() They reach out and develop a friendship, based in part because both realize that “men of conscience have got to get together. ![]() Larry Thompson is a local activist and college professor. Jack Long is the race reporter for the evening news. ![]() ![]() Two stories are intertwined the story of a white family and a black family. The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos, art by Nate Powell. ![]()
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