Shirley J. Adult Non-Fiction A reporter's laser view of black history, social injustice, & politics
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow
An excellent must read for anyone interested in the history, geology, sociology, political states, civil rights movements and heroes of Black America. New York Times columnist, Charles M. Blow wrote this book as his response to the police brutality and murder of black people going unchallenged in the United States until Black Lives Matter became the slogan that created a new strong world wide cry for social justice and accountability for the policing bodies committing atrocities and formerly getting away with it. No longer quiet, no longer held down and held back the truth now seen by the whole world of the evil committed for all to see, Charles Blow shines a laser on what has been denied, ignored and repressed. Charles Blow offers a new path, a new vision clearly and concisely put, calling all black people to a new action based on his experience and deep knowledge and research into how to navigate from the slave mentality of the collective past to a future of true equality and respect. One of the best books I've ever read. He brings facts to light in ways that will make you take notes to ponder on over and over. This book is like you are in the best class you have ever been in learning from a professor you wish you could do a Vulcan mind meld with. I highly recommend it to middle schoolers on up, and especially to lovers of history, black history, political history, geographical migrations, politics and societal issues.
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