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Posts tagged with ‘Black History’
RAW, BLUESY BIO of James Brown takes on his complicated life, transcendent music, place as a Black icon.
Grade: B PLUS
KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: SEARCHING FOR JAMES BROWN AND THE AMERICAN SOUL
Random House/Spiegel and Grau
2016
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black History, Black Writers, Music, Non-Fiction, Rhythm and Blues Music
RAW, BRILLIANT ESSAYS by Kiese Laymon (with notes from family and friends) unfold a black American experience. B PLUS
Grade: B PLUS
HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA
Agate Bolden
2013
Tags: African American Writers, African Diaspora, B Plus Reviews, Black History, Black Writers, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social and Cultural Commentary
SEEKING A “PROMISED LAND” in Israel, Africa, and the US South, a writer looks compellingly at race and faith.
Grade: B PLUS
SEARCHING FOR ZION: THE QUEST FOR HOME IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Grove/Atlantic
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black History, Ethiopia, Ghana, History, Israel, Jamaica, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity, Religion and Spirituality, Social and Cultural Commentary, United States
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE of Eslanda Robeson, influential writer, civil rights activist, and wife of Paul Robeson.
Grade: B PLUS
ESLANDA: THE LARGE AND UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE OF MRS. PAUL ROBESON
Yale University Press
2013
Tags: Africa, African American Writers, African Diaspora, B Plus Reviews, Biography, Black History, Black Writers, Literary History, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary
COMPELLING, DEEPLY RESEARCHED history of racial segregation and integration in the US military. Eye-opening!
Grade: B PLUS
THE DOUBLE V: HOW WARS, PROTEST, AND HARRY TRUMAN DESEGREGATED AMERICA'S MILITARY
Bloomsbury USA
2013
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black History, History, Military History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, United States