Freedom is knowing who you are while unobstructedly stretching toward your potential or something like that. Look, we’re not as deep as Toni Morrison, but after reading this, the author’s third novel, we were inspired to wax poetic about existential topics like survival and identity.
In his autobiographical tale of being born and raised under apartheid in South Africa, Trevor Noah praises the people in his life who gave him the vision and tools to make his own path. He also paints for us the picture of his mother as a courageous visionary, ahead of her time.
As always, before discussing this week’s book, we discuss a theme inspired by the book. This week’s theme is The Power of Traveling Abroad. Then, on to our story: Many have their opinions about him....
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The Nickel Boys tells the story of a promising young student, blessed with a sharp mind and an innocent heart, plucked from the brightest future and thrown into the dark demonic dungeons reserved for America’s unwanted and forgotten children in the Jim Crow south.
This is the story of a real-life person named Mariah, aka Me-Me, aka the Elusive Chanteuse, aka M.C. The meaning of Mariah is a memoir by one of the greatest singer/songwriters of our generation. Within its pages, she talks about the people who almost killed her, tried to get her hooked on drugs, tried to get her pimped, and tried to kill her dreams - all before she turned 18 years old.
This theme is inspired by this week's book: The country has just suffered a civil war. Households are divided, as is the nation. From the last generation of men and women born into slavery, an industrious group of individuals will become the first Black American self-made millionaires. One book tells their true story.
This week’s theme: How to Deal with Hostile People. The book on which our theme’s based: It is the first published science fiction novel written by a black woman, the story of a 26-year-old writer...
Circa 1890, somewhere in the southeast of present-day Nigeria, a powerful man has built his life on the foundations of pride and fearlessness. Determined to be the exact opposite of his lazy father, he rules...
One little girl is the first of six children born free in her family after the abolition of slavery. Despite all of her obstacles, she becomes America's first female self-made millionaire.
A streetwise hustler grows up during America’s fight against drugs, poverty, and civility. He takes the lessons he’s learned from the street and marries them to the philosophies and ideologies he picks up as an...
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