Opinion: Black Panther is a superhero for our times

Other than the Star Wars sequels, few movies have galvanized the pre-release electricity being generated by Marvel’s Black Panther. But a better buzz-comparison might be the 1977 blockbuster miniseries based on Alex Haley’s Roots which fundamentally changed how North Americans viewed one of the greatest crimes ever committed on this continent.
As local science fiction novelist and Black Panther fan Minister Faust notes, “Roots fictionalized the intergenerational suffering of a