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lovemydog

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5. So true hifiguy.

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #3)

Sun May 3, 2015, 07:18 PM

May 2015

Can you recommend any good books? I'm reading a great one called Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin. It was published last year and came out in paperback recently. Really fascinating, extremely well researched & well-written. All these issues jump off the page. As you say, the facts are what they are and people need to know them. It is reality of American society. Of course the book covers primarily the 1960's & early 1970's. Nearly all the same issues are highly relevant today.

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racism is real [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2015 OP

Back in the mid-60s my class read safeinOhio May 2015 #1

I seriously doubt that any high school teachers ask their kids to read that book. Major Hogwash May 2015 #4

I read that book Skittles May 2015 #10

Regarding numbers 5 & 6. End the war on drugs. lovemydog May 2015 #2

The facts are what the are. hifiguy May 2015 #3

So true hifiguy. lovemydog May 2015 #5

Yep these are the facts malaise May 2015 #6

Excellent summary of the facts BumRushDaShow May 2015 #7

another "what would u do" got calls to police because their black actors Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #11

Yep. Thespian2 May 2015 #8

Very! nt etherealtruth May 2015 #9