I hope that everyone had a good weekend despite the horrible news that Whitney Houston passed away. She will always be a musical legend and blessing. I really still can't believe it...I love her !
Also, please pardon my absence, I haven't posted since Monday !
So, with that being said, Today is another Black History Post !
I'd like to feature a book that I am currently reading. So far I have found it really interesting and informative. I just love when a non-fiction reads like fiction. It shows great writing skills in my own opinion.
Waiting 'Til The Midnight Hour : A Narrative History of Black Power in America, by Peniel E. Joseph.
"With the rallying cry of "Black Power!" in 19666, a group of civil rights activists including Stokely Carmichael and Huey P. Newton turned their backs on Martin Luther King Jr's pacifism and pioneered a radical new approach to the fight for equality. Waiting 'Til The Midnight Hour is a history of the storied group of men and women who would become American icons of the struggle for racial equality... On virtually every single page, Waiting 'Til The Midnight Hour uncovers buried intimacies of the larger postwar freedom struggle. (from inside book flap)
Amazon says :
A gripping narrative that brings to life a legendary moment in American history: the birth, life, and death of the Black Power movement..
I'm only a few chapters in and I have already learned so much from this book,
I really can't wait to delve deeper into it. I also hope that you all might take a peek at this book as well, maybe even read it !
If you do please don't hesitate to let me know !
(pictures are my own)
Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Til-Midnight-Hour-Narrative/dp/0805075399
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