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YA POV of the LA riots

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

October 31, 2021 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

And with this review of Christina Hammonds Reed’s The Black Kids, I made a bingo just under the wire. I received this for free from my Mocha Girls Read book club as it was our July sponsored book of the month. This YA historical novel is set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. From the get, I was like is it really historical?! But I have to admit it has been some time since that fateful Rodney King verdict. Ashley Bennett lives in […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction ·
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A personal memoir from former congressman and mayor of Compton

February 24, 2018 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

From Compton to Congress: His Grace For My Race is Walter R. Tucker III’s autobiography about his political rise and fall in the 1990s. The book introduces us to Tucker when he was sworn into Congress, a great achievement at 35 since he was the youngest African-American to hold a congressional seat. Unfortunately, during his first term, Tucker became the focus of an FBI bribery investigation and indictment! The narration pauses on the scandal to trace Walter’s upbringing while slowly revealing the court case. Tucker comes […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: 92 LA riots, autobiography, Compton, Congressman, court case, LA riots, Los Angeles history, Martha Tucker, mayor, political scandal, politics, scandal, Walter R. Tucker III, Walter Tucker III

teresaelectro's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: 92 LA riots, autobiography, Compton, Congressman, court case, LA riots, Los Angeles history, Martha Tucker, mayor, political scandal, politics, scandal, Walter R. Tucker III, Walter Tucker III ·
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