The NYU Center for Black Visual Culture brought Elizabeth Colomba and John Jennings together for a discussion about the expression of Black stories through art! Celebrating the launch of Colomba’s first graphic novel, Queenie: Godmother of Harlem, the two artist-scholars reflect upon uplifting Black women's stories via their engaging and beautiful graphic novels. Presented live at 20 Cooper Square in NYC and virtually via livestream, this engaging discussion covers the iconography of graphic novels, the production and research involved in creating the books, the visual culture of race, and more. Our two guests amplify the strength of Black women through narrative in their artistic and written work. Artist Elizabeth Colomba created the graphic novel that follows the story of Stephanie St. Clair, aka Queenie, who became the only Black woman to head up the numbers game in Harlem in the 1930s. Queenie was known for rising up through poverty and battling extreme...