A new graphic novel explores the life of ‘Queenie’, a Harlem Renaissance mob boss

Halfway through Elizabeth Colombo and Aurélie Lévy’s new graphic novel, Queenie: Godmother of Harlemthe viewer is confronted with a harrowing scene. The protagonist, a young Afro-Caribbean immigrant named Stephanie Saint Clair, is traveling south from New York on a bus to escape an abusive relationship – when the Ku Klux Klan stops the vehicle. After …

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