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Erika (17788 KP) rated Mrs. Sherlock Holmes in Books

Mar 17, 2019  
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
Brad Ricca | 2017 | Crime, History & Politics
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Jumped around too much (1 more)
Seemingly no focus
I wanted to really like this book, but it was all too scattered. It was cool learning a bit about this lawyer that was a pseudo-detective, but the book was kind of all over the place. The most interesting part was the work over white slavery, I hadn't really read about a lot of that before. Overall, this was a meh.
  
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Andy K (10821 KP) rated Roots in TV

Mar 17, 2018  
Roots
Roots
1977 | Biography, Drama, History, War
10
8.4 (26 Ratings)
TV Show Rating Watch
The modern standard for a TV mini-series. The original Roots was compelling in every way.

The acting and production values were first rate, but the story is what kept you engaged and coming back for more.


The brutality and inhumanity of slavery will never be repeated at this level and all of us should learn the lessons of treating each other with respect and dignity.
  
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Charlie Cobra Reviews (1840 KP) created a video about Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) in Movies

Apr 29, 2021  
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The Trailer for the English Dub of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train

  
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Jessi Bone (48 KP) rated From Auction Block to Glory: The African American Experience in Books

Mar 18, 2019  
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From Auction Block to Glory: The African American Experience
Phillip Thomas Tucker | 1998
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
From the Auction Block to Glory examines the lives and stories of African Americans during the civil war years. Where transplanted and enslaved African Americans were bought and sold as property to the battlefield where two dozen black soldiers won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Beginning with a history of slavery from its European origins to its establishment in the New World. With the succession phases of African American involvement in the World effort. When the North faced a potentially disastrous manpower crisis at the end of 1862, more than 200,000 African Americans rose to the occasion and joined the forces supplementing the Union's dissipating army, salvaging the North's hope of reuniting the nation. The issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation and the repeals of the 1792 militia law transformed the military and political climate in the North. African American's were now free to fight on the side of the North but stereotypes were as such that black soldiers were under pressure to prove their combat capabilities. From the early battles and victories at Milliken's Bend and Port Hudson to the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantries famous attack on Fort Wagner, African American's demonstrated their fighting.



From the Auction Block to Glory by Phillip Thomas Tucker Ph.D. is 128 pages long and looks at the African American experience from slavery to emancipation. I found the book very insightful as it looked at the side of slavery not just from the slave's point of view but from the perspective of the Southern owners and the North's needs end the slavery. The painting, photographs, and stretches bring the past to life and allow additional visual confirmation of what the words were saying and gives you a rare and unique view of the world that they lived in. I found the book very informative and an enjoyable read. Dr. Tucker writing style is in a communicative style similar to a conversation from him to you which makes you want to finish the book in one sitting.