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Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, happened because there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya Bolden

July 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

 cbr15bingo Queer Lives: never officially confirmed, but she is a queer icon/role model and probably was either bisexual or a lesbian.  You need many books in your life. And Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll, is one of them. Tonya Bolden took a woman that I knew a little about and reinforced that information and added some new as well. And Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Blues musicians, cbr15bingo, Godmother of Rock & Roll, music, R. Gregory Christie, Rosetta Tharpe, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tonya Bolden, United States - 20th Century, Women singers

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:467 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Blues musicians, cbr15bingo, Godmother of Rock & Roll, music, R. Gregory Christie, Rosetta Tharpe, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tonya Bolden, United States - 20th Century, Women singers ·
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More than the black-veiled image at her husbands funeral

Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Corretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I knew a little bit about Coretta Scott King’s story, but mostly how it related to her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And when I saw Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King I was wondering how much her life would be shaped by her husbands? How much would there be about her and not just “oh she was this really famous guy’s wife and mother of his children?” Well, there is a lot about her. More than I really would have […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: African American & Black, Alice Faye Duncan, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Prejudice & Racism, R. Gregory Christie, Social Themes, United States, Women's History

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:464 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: African American & Black, Alice Faye Duncan, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Prejudice & Racism, R. Gregory Christie, Social Themes, United States, Women's History ·
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The United States v. Jackie Robinson

May 30, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A non-fiction book about Jack Robinson. Or better known as Jackie Robinson. The United States v. Jackie Robinson is not a typical biography of a baseball player. They start out with him being a child growing up as the only black family on their street. His mother’s strength and finally Jackie’s strength in the military. Few probably know that Jackie would not give up his seat on a bus either and it lead to a historic ruling, too. Finally, it ends with some of his […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: American History, Baseball, Black History, history, Jackie Robinson, military, R. Gregory Christie, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:182 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: American History, Baseball, Black History, history, Jackie Robinson, military, R. Gregory Christie, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen ·
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