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I used to take MLK day off in personal protest since my former employer didn´t deem it necessary to recognize with anything but minimal mention. I´d usually devote the day to some kind of service, and would make sure my Out of Office sha...
Yessssss girl Yesss!!! I had no idea Brittney Cooper went to Howard but I definitely had to keep my "Howard hand" from forming when I found out while reading this book. Come thru Bison sis!
Uexpected family affiliations aside, this book...
D. A. M. N. What a read. I think this one shook something loose in me; a realization that as a US-born person of African descent, I will never fully be able to grasp what it means to be fully a part of a nation. It's a bit disorienting, ...
Austin Channing Brown is the TRUTH! I've had this on my list since before it dropped earlier this year and finished reading this book in less than a week. So glad I did that. Woke up this morning and knocked it out. At first, I thought t...
Lawd! Definitely top 5 non-fiction books I've ever read. I want Bryan Stevenson to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for the work he has done over the past 30 years to free us from the shackles of the American Justice System. The stories told ...