Historical Study

The Young Men and Women of the Civil Rights Movement
The Young Men and Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Review:In "The Children" David Halberstam pays homage to the forgotten heroes of the Civil Rights movement, those idealistic young blacks who courageously put the rights of their people above their own lives. Halberstam tracks their progress from the children of blacks who have somehow found to negotiate with an intolerably racist world to fighters for a more racially tolerable world. History was of course on their side. World War II (where blacks made the ultimate sacrifice for a land that treated ... Read more

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Review:'A fascinating look at the follies of mankind regarding conflict and wars. As I read the book I regretted that Ms. Tuchman was not around to observe the ultimate folly of Iraq and Afghanistan. Following the tragedy of 911 when the powers that be decided that the country needed to go to war in Iraq despite the fact that the real culprits of the attack were located in Afghanistan. This seemed to me to be ultimate folly.

At forest I had a hard time figuring out why Ms. Tuchman chose the th... Read more

and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement  from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power

Review:This book is wonderful but sad and horrific concerning the things that have happened to african american women. The book is detailed so you must be able to read about gang rape, etc. If these issues are a trigger for you then reading this book is not a good idea. Certain parts made me cringe, and I had to stop reading at certain parts. With all of that said, it is a great read because it gives you another point of view of Rosa Parks and not just the Bus Boycott. She accomplished so much more ... Read more

A Renegade History of the United States
A Renegade History of the United States

Review:I read this along with Howard Zinn's "Peoples History of the United States". Together, both books "liberated" me from the stock shlock whitewash "patriot" and "lady liberty" tainted history books of my dozen years of schooling Read more

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