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> Tag: President Barack Obama

When you do not know what to say, sing.

The President Sang Amazing Grace by Zoe Mulfor

February 17, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The President Sang Amazing Grace is one of those books that has less than 100 words (I assume as I am not counting). Therefore, how do you write about it? The only thing I can say is first what it is about: A young man was welcomed into a church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015. He seemed to pray along with the others. About an hour later, he would stand and take the lives of nine other people. And then, President Barack Obama sang […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Emanuel Nine, Jeff Scher, Joan Baez, President Barack Obama, Reverend Clementa Pinckney, Rick Litvin, song Amazing Grace, Zoe Mulfor

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:89 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Emanuel Nine, Jeff Scher, Joan Baez, President Barack Obama, Reverend Clementa Pinckney, Rick Litvin, song Amazing Grace, Zoe Mulfor ·
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To Do And Do Not

A Promised Land by President Barack Obama

November 29, 2020 by Jake 1 Comment

It’s tough to put aside my feelings on President Barack Obama and his politics and just rate this on its merits alone but I’ll try. I feel like I was capable of doing so with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s What Happened, though Obama obtains far more space in my imagination, having served as President and having been the most historic one of my lifetime. This isn’t as candid as HRC’s book but it’s candid enough. Obama starts from his childhood years, goes quickly through his early time […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #history, #memoir, A Promised Land, POTUS, President Barack Obama

Jake's CBR12 Review No:177 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #history, #memoir, A Promised Land, POTUS, President Barack Obama ·
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