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Bubba Gee (147 KP) rated 42 (2013) in Movies

Jun 23, 2019  
42 (2013)
42 (2013)
2013 | Drama
9
8.7 (6 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Casting, history, writing (0 more)
Civil Rights hero
A masterfully done historical drama,
Chadwick Boseman was absolutely the perfect person for the part of Jackie Robinson.
This film has a very real feel of the hatred and anger in the USA POST WW2.
There was a lot of ignorance and discontent at the time.
I think it is important that this is seen not just as a baseball movie but also that it carries with it to my mind an important piece of the post war civil rights movement.
Powerful and thought provoking, the writers did not shy away from the uglier parts of the racist rhetoric and presented it fully and broadly to be challenged head on.
I would reccomend this to anyone who has an interest in either baseball or civil rights or both together as it presents the telling of a story from a true American hero.
Rest in peace number 42
  
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Katey Bassett (610 KP) rated As Good as True in Books

Dec 10, 2018  
AG
As Good as True
Cheryl Reid | 2018
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I got my copy of this book from Kindle's First, it was slow to begin but I loved this story. It was easy to relate and difficult to imagine what it was like to live in such intense times for civil rights in the US.
  
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Van Jones recommended The Making of Black Revolutionaries in Books (curated)

 
The Making of Black Revolutionaries
The Making of Black Revolutionaries
James Forman | 2021
(0 Ratings)
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"This memoir is culled in part from the actual day-to-day field reports of civil rights workers who risked their lives in the 1960s South. The author uniquely reveals the daily and hourly terror that had to be faced to defeat Jim Crow segregation."

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Flowerpower (154 KP) rated Mississippi Blood in Books

Jun 9, 2017  
Mississippi Blood
Mississippi Blood
Greg Iles | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.1 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
Extensive probe into racial hatred, murder and racial violence existing in the era. (2 more)
Superbly written and there's no holding back with the violence and language.
Incredibly good read, but it's a painful journey of life at that time.
This is an intricate story, reaching back through the generations of civil rights - gritty indeed.
  
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Van Jones recommended March Trilogy in Books (curated)

 
March Trilogy
March Trilogy
John Lewis | 2016 | Biography, Comics & Graphic Novels, History & Politics
(0 Ratings)
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"This is an amazing work of art and history—a three-part graphic novel that dives deep into some of the struggle, strategy, beauty, and brutality that defined our country’s Civil Rights Movement. A vital tool for people, young and old, to learn about the past and be inspired about the future."

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