Coming on the threshold of what promises to be the most acrimonious presidential election in American history, Diamond and Silk’s book will be a rallying cry for tens of millions of Americans who are tired of being told what to think and whom to vote for. Diamond and Silk’s story is one of overcoming poverty and shame and choosing victory over victimhood. Theirs is a story that defies the left’s narrative and that the mainstream media refuses to acknowledge, accept, and respect.
American Uprising is the riveting and long-neglected story of this elaborate plot, the rebel army's dramatic march on the city, and its shocking conclusion.
Offers a rich description of the impact of the 1960s race riots in the United States whose legacy still haunts the nation.
This explosive book brings to life the brutalizing and exhilarating experience of gang life through the voices of the gang members themselves.
In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. This is the first comprehensive treatment of that uprising.
Smith, “New City, New Frontier,” 65; Charyn, War Cries over Avenue C, 7; Joel Rose and Catherine Texier, eds., Between Avenues C & D: New Writing from the Lower East Side Fiction Magazine (New York: Penguin, 1988), xi; Carr, ...
See Mark R. Warren, Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001), 31. 14. Chambers, Roots for Radicals, 107. 15. Stein, “Between Organization and Movement,” 94 ...
Warning: This book may not be for you! This book is dangerous! It is only for those who are ready to join an uprising?a revolution of the soul that will change an ordinary life into an extraordinary one.
Want to change the world? Stop marketing, read this book, roll up your sleeves, and start a movement.” —Sally Hogshead, author of Fascinate and creator of HowToFascinate.com “Essential stuff.
Drawing on a range of archives, this book provides a vivid portrait of postwar New York City, a new perspective on the civil rights era, and a timely analysis of deeply entrenched racial inequalities.
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