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DonnaL1 posted a Quick Tip about A Mighty Long Way: My Journey To Just.... August 21, 2009

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Have been reading A Mighty Long Way- My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School- brillantly orchestrated, highly recommended!

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drifter51 reviewed A Mighty Long Way: My Journey To Just.... July 30, 2009

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Walking the walk in Montgomery with a true civil rights pioneer--- Carlotta Walls LaNier.

When Carlotta Walls of Little Rock, AR was 8 years old she had a life changing experience. The year was 1951 and Carlotta's parents Cartelyou and Juanita Walls decided it would be a good idea … more

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Cascadian reviewed How the States Got Their Shapes. December 15, 2008

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DON'T SKIP THIS (You'll just have to come back later)

I love this sort of thing, and so I found Mark Stein's stroll through the history of the borders of the American states pretty interesting. I can imagine not everyone feels that way, and so might find … more

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drifter51 reviewed Fire In The Grove: The Cocoanut Grove.... December 02, 2008

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The story of the fire at the Cocoanut Grove is all too familiar.

It seems to me that I have read it too may times before. Back in 1903 a total of 602 people, mostly women and children, perished in a fire at a matinee at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago. … more

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drifter51 reviewed Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Fami.... November 28, 2008

For me the truth lies somewhere in between.

Most people who have taken the time to review Thomas DeWolf's "Inheriting The Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave Trading Dynasty in U.S. History" give this … more

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drifter51 reviewed Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story. November 26, 2008

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Confronting the painful history of race in America. This may be the best book I have ever read.

Author Timothy B. Tyson has carved out a rather unique role for himself. Believe it or not, he is a white man from North Carolina teaching Black History in Wisconsin. "Blood Done Sign … more

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