As legislatures, school boards, and governors seek to ban books and hide the true and full tapestry of American society from students, books of the triumphs and struggles of the past are needed to help us see the way forward. The Black Panther Party by David Walker is one of those books. The brave and inspiring story of the Black Panthers is told in a confident voice with vibrant images in a graphic novel format. David Walker’s narrative and Marcus Kwame Anderson’s illustrations blend together in a mosaic of power that absorbs the reader into the fabric of the complex history of revolution, community building, and healthcare. In the modern era of book bans and erasing American history, this graphic novel about the legacy of the Black Panther Party is a vital read. Buy it for yourself, buy it for your children, and buy it to have a more complete understanding of American history.