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• Annotation:
• Zane Pinchback, a light-skinned African American journalist from Harlem, travels to the deep south posing as a white man in order to investigate lynchings for his syndicated column Incognegro. His latest investigation finds Zane trying to save his brother who is charged with murdering a white women in Mississippi.
• Creators:
• Author - Mat Johnson
• Illustrator - Warren Pleece
• Letterer - Clem Robins
• Publication Information:
• DC Comics, New York, 2008
• Color or Black & White:
• 
• Genre:
• Historical Fiction
• Bibliography Available:
• No
• Original Language:
• English
• Historical Topic/Event:
• Race relations
• Lynching
• Passing--Identity
• Geographic Setting:
• Harlem
• Mississippi
• Date Range:
• 1930 - 1939
• Tags:
• lynching, african americans, civil rights movements, Ku Klux Klan
• Notes:
• Inspired by the true story of Walter White.
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