Bill Duke Instagram – Exciting news from Legion M and Bill Duke! @realbillduke
As you know we are taking on the ambitious and important project to tell the story of Robert Smalls! Legion M has assembled an all-star team to bring the incredible story of #RobertSmalls to life! The graphic novel and film project are called “Defiant”, and the graphic novel is available now on Kickstarter! Mr Bill Duke has been a part of this project since it’s inception and is honored to continue to help drive it forward. This past week our graphic novel project, “Defiant, The Story of Robert Smalls” did something tremendous! In our first four days of pre-sales we were able to generate ofr $50,000 telling us that YES, the world wants to hear this story. We still have three weeks to go in our campaign and the more pre-sales, the more people guaranteed to hear this incredible story!
The incredible story of Robert Smalls is one that deserves to be told – and remembered. During the height of the Civil War, Smalls, an enslaved harbor pilot in Charleston, pulled off one of the most daring heists in history – stealing a Confederate warship and sailing it past the naval blockade to freedom! Not only did his actions help convince President Abraham Lincoln to accept African American soldiers into the Union Army, but Smalls eventually served as a captain in the Navy – of the very ship he had stolen! After the war, Smalls was elected to the House of Representatives, becoming one of the first African Americans in Congress. While there, he wrote legislation for the first free and compulsory public school system in the U.S. and so much more.
All information on this project can be found at www.defiantproject.com
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