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Be careful who you make read the Constitution as a punishment for a prank at school

The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership and Legacy by Kekla Magoon

February 5, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership and Legacy seemed like at first it would be dull: He was born this date. He died here. He was a lawyer. He did this, that, and the other thing. And while all that is there, it is presented in a way that makes you want to turn the page and feel like you are reading a story and not a textbook. And while I could make comparisons to many men and women of color because of his […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: judges, Kekla Magoon, Laura Freeman, Minority judges, Thurgood Marshall, United States - African American & Black

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:71 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: judges, Kekla Magoon, Laura Freeman, Minority judges, Thurgood Marshall, United States - African American & Black ·
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That time a Sheriff tried to lynch Thurgood Marshall

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King

April 21, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 9 Comments

In 1949, a 17-year old white woman didn’t come home one night. The next day, she and her husband said she had been raped by four black men.  Two of the men had helped the couple when they were stranded in their car. Two more were nowhere near the scene of the alleged crime-one was being arrested miles away. But that didn’t matter. The accusation of black hands sullying white maidenhood was enough to whip white Southerners in a frenzy. Only three of the accused […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: and the Dawn of a New America, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, Gilbert King, history, Jim Crow, NAACP, Race, the Groveland Boys, Thurgood Marshall

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:52 · Genres: History · Tags: and the Dawn of a New America, Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, Gilbert King, history, Jim Crow, NAACP, Race, the Groveland Boys, Thurgood Marshall ·
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The devil is bathed in blue light, rides a white horse, and is voted into office.

Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King

February 19, 2016 by ingres77 1 Comment

As the sun descended in the west, a restless crowd gathered before a cedar tree. There was a chill in the December air, and it was thick with the tangy smell of sweat, fear and anticipation for what was about to happen. Boxed in by cars, a young 20 year old man named Cordie Cheek stood before a ladder with a rope around his neck. A teeming mass of men, women, and children threw epithets at him, and shared a palpable sense that justice was […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: civil rights, Jim Crow, Racism, segregation, supreme court, Thurgood Marshall, true crime

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:15 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: civil rights, Jim Crow, Racism, segregation, supreme court, Thurgood Marshall, true crime ·
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