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Comics in the Native American Classroom

Anthony Letizia -
A professor at Duke University spent ten years collecting Native American-created comic books, then crafted a college course on Native American history that uses them as source material.

Reacting to the Past

Teaching Public Administration with Pop Culture

TeachRock

Teaching History with Popular Media

Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Red Dead’s History

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

Hamilton Education Program

The Marvel Age of Comics

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

Anthony Letizia -
The military-industrial complex that President Dwight Eisenhower warned against played a pivotal role in the Marvel Comics Universe, including the creation of the Hulk and Iron Man.

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Anthony Letizia -
The Green Arrow: Rebirth comic book series included a two-issue story arc based on real world protests at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation against the construction of an oil pipeline.

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Comic Books and the Real World

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Anthony Letizia -
Marvel superhero Jack Monroe traveled across the country as Nomad in the early 1990s and found himself in Los Angeles on the night that real-world riots erupted in the City of Angels.

A Captain America History of the United States

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

Superman vs. the Slums

Batman: The Rodney King Tape

Superman and the New Deal

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

Starfire: Apartheid No More

Captain America and Spider-Man Walk the Freedom Trail

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Popular culture often serves as a mirror into the past and present through narratives that reflect the real world. Remixing History intertwines these fictional stories with their factual counterparts, creating a hybrid history and better understanding of our times in the process.

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