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> Tag: US History

The urgent truth of our history is all around us if we choose to listen.

We’ve Got to Try by Beto O’Rourke

August 21, 2022 by Emmalita 2 Comments

When I saw the title of Beto O’Rourke’s new book, We’ve Got to Try, I thought, “yes, exactly! What are we trying?” We are trying to save democracy by rescuing voting rights from people who want to suppress it. That’s important, right? I think it’s important. I think it’s important to try and keep trying especially when success isn’t guaranteed. In We’ve Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible, O’Rourke is telling the stories of the people who fought […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, american politics, Beto O’Rourke, NetGalley, Texas History, US History, voting rights, We’ve Got to Try

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:90 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, american politics, Beto O’Rourke, NetGalley, Texas History, US History, voting rights, We’ve Got to Try ·
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You’ve heard of some, but come for the ones that kicked a$$ a little more quietly

Stand Up! 10 Might Women Who Made a Change by Brittney Cooper

February 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Stand Up! 10 Might Women Who Made a Change is the latest book in a slightly crowded genre of women of color making their mark in American history. With that said, it is a welcomed edition as it has a few people you have probably not heard of, making it fresh in many ways. Brittney Cooper introduces us to women who have inspired them, and others in these pages. The biographical information is presented as a story, making it easy to follow along. This book […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Black History, brittney cooper, Claudette Colvin, Lelia Foley, Prathia Hall, Rosa Parks, Social Themes, United States - African American & Black, US History, various women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:70 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Black History, brittney cooper, Claudette Colvin, Lelia Foley, Prathia Hall, Rosa Parks, Social Themes, United States - African American & Black, US History, various women ·
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Caste – A book that may change how you view society

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

January 1, 2022 by MarkAbaddon 2 Comments

There are books one reads for pleasure or diversion. There are books one will read for school or for work. Then, there are some books one reads because they are important and can provide new insights into the world. Caste falls into the latter category. I read this because a close friend asked me to do so, she was putting together a group to discuss the book and asked me to join (and I honestly felt flattered by the request, considering the intellects of the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: african american history, critical race theory, cultural divide, isabel wilkerson, non fiction, Racism, sociology, US History

MarkAbaddon's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: african american history, critical race theory, cultural divide, isabel wilkerson, non fiction, Racism, sociology, US History ·
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Snatch, Lewks, Shade, and Werk (an no, there are no typos here)

Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald, Lorenzo Marquez

June 30, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life covers a wide range of subjects in shallow depth. The introduction is open about this, and the authors suggest you go ask Youtube and Google about further details. On the one hand, this is a good goal, to encourage people to further explore things of interest. On the other hand, it can also be a problem such as when a queen named Michelle is important but not discussed much […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, 20th century America, 20th Century history, drag queen, drag race, Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life, lgbtq history, pride month, queer history, rupaul, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, US History

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:57 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 20th century America, 20th Century history, drag queen, drag race, Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life, lgbtq history, pride month, queer history, rupaul, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, US History ·
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“This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and experience for ourselves.”

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

June 20, 2021 by ardaigle 7 Comments

I am finally getting around to read my second Cannonball Read book exchange gift book this year from Bonnie (thanks Bonnie!) I don’t know what took me so dang long because I loved the first book she gave me, Red White and Royal Blue, and it wasn’t even on my radar to read, and neither was Homegoing and I should have known that Bonnie knows her book business and BOY. DOES. SHE. Homegoing is definitely in my top books of the year, and one I’m […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Africa, homecoming, Slavery, US History, Yaa Gyasi

ardaigle's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Africa, homecoming, Slavery, US History, Yaa Gyasi ·
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The People Don’t Get Their Way

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

January 20, 2021 by Nannerbears Leave a Comment

This should be required reading. It was a bit of a coincidence that the hold I had on this volume at the library became available as the new year rolled around. I listened to the audiobook on my daily walks and was continually struck with the thought of “history repeats itself, history repeats itself.” There were many declarations made by Howard Zinn that could have easily been applied to life in America today. I also coincidentally read the chapter about the end of World War […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Howard Zinn, important, People's History, timely, US History

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: History · Tags: Howard Zinn, important, People's History, timely, US History ·
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