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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recommended The Fire Next Time in Books (curated)
John Grisham recommended Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era in Books (curated)
Gloria Steinem recommended At the Dark End of the Street in Books (curated)
Gloria Steinem recommended At the Dark End of the Street in Books (curated)
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
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
Katey Bassett (610 KP) rated As Good as True in Books
Dec 10, 2018
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.
Van Jones recommended The Making of Black Revolutionaries in Books (curated)
Flowerpower (154 KP) rated Mississippi Blood in Books
Jun 9, 2017
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.