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How Stan Lee's X‑Men Were Inspired by Real‑Life Civil Rights Heroes | HISTORY
Did Stan Lee support the Civil Rights Movement through his comic books for Marvel?
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That metaphor extended to the characters themselves, with Professor X and his vision of harmonious human-mutant coexistence standing in for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., while Magneto’s rigid attitude toward the defense of mutantkind reflected the philosophy of Malcolm X. The Sentinels, a brand of massive mutant-hunting robot, were introduced two years later as readers watched on TV as black Americans were beaten and abused by white police officers.
Beginning in the 1980s and continuing through today, the X-Men have been adopted by those fighting for LGBTQ rights who see the mutants’ struggle for acceptance and equality as their own.
Days of Future Past (1981) - TV Tropes
Days of Future Past is a 1981 story arc in the Marvel Comics series Uncanny X-Men (issues #141-142). It's scripted by Chris Claremont and co-plotted with artist John Byrne. Terry Austin inks Byrne's art, with Glynis Wein providing color art. Set …
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The story, written in 1980 and first published in early 1981, was set in 2013. The United States is a dystopia, and people are divided into three groups: normal humans, normal humans with the potential to pass on the mutant gene, and mutants. The first ones are free, the second are forbidden to have children, and the third are either killed or held in concentration camps, with collars that turn off their powers. Everything is run by the Sentinels.
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Featured Characters: X-Men Phoenix (Jean Grey) (Death) Cyclops (Scott Summers) Storm (Ororo Munroe) Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett) Colossus (Peter Rasputin) Professor X (Charles Xavier) Supporting Characters: Beast (Henry "Hank" McCoy) Angel (Warren Worthington III)...
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Black History Moments: 1980 to 1989
A timeline of Black history from 1980 to 1989, including Jesse Jackson's presidential bid.
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May 17–20: A riot erupts in Liberty City, Florida, after police officers are acquitted of the murder of an unarmed Black man. The "Miami Riot" lasted 24 hours and an estimated 15 people are killed. The riot is considered the worst in U.S. history since the Detroit Riots of 1967.
Miami (Liberty City) Riot, 1980 •
The Miami Riot of 1980 was the first major race riot since the late 1960s. In December 1979, a number of white Miami-Dade (Florida) police officers were involved in a high-speed chase involving black motorist Arthur McDuffie. Police reports said that the chase ended when … Read MoreMiami...
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When black leaders from the Miami-Dade County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and national leaders such as Jesse Jackson were unsuccessful in halting the violence the Florida National Guard was then called in to aid the Miami-Dade police force. The Guard and local police blocked off Liberty City and from that point confined the riot to Liberty City.