Graphic Novel

• Winner of Two Silver Medals from the IBPA Book Awards
• Featured on the cover of Kirkus Reviews Magazine
• Nominee for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Graphic Novel
• Named The Year’s Best Graphic Novel by BookLife
• Winner of the 2024 Best Indie Book Award® in the Graphic Novel category
• Winner of the International Impact Book Award
• Finalist for the American Fiction Award
• Selected as an “Editor’s Pick” from Publishers Weekly’s BookLife
  
  “Powerful superhero debut pitting Black Defender against corruption and kidnapping.”-BookLife
  
  “Washington succeeds in revising the classic superhero formula to highlight inequities in the justice system.”–Kirkus Reviews
  
  

Adopted by Institutions of Higher Learning Across America

Black Defender: The Awakening has been widely adopted by various academic programs, libraries, and other community programs at campuses such as:

• Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
• California State University, Long Beach
• Cornell University
• Durham Public Library
• Excelsior University
• Greenville Technical College
• Hampton University
• Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Kansas City Kansas Community College
• McHenry County College
• MIT
• North Carolina State University
• Rappahannock Community College
• Rice University
• Shaw University
• Southern Wake Academy
• Stanford University
• University of Akron
• Wake County Public Library
• Woods Charter School

Resources for Educators and Community Leaders

Instructor’s Guide for Black Defender includes questions, insights, and online resources for educators to integrate the content into their programs.

Instructor’s Guide-Black Defender