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14679, RE: Let's Recommend Books
Posted by unity, Mon Apr-30-01 07:10 PM
Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress
--Richard Thomas
(non-fiction...title is self-explanatory)

Caucasia
--Danzy Senna
(fiction, about an interracial child growing up in Boston/New England with "revolutionary" parents during the time of bussing)

Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Talents
Kindred
--all by Octavia Butler
(sci-fi by an extremely talented Black woman)

A Wrinkle in Time
--Madeline L'Ingle
(children's fantasy but a GREAT read at any age)

i could go on and on with my list...perhaps i'll return later.






"You are the revolution,.....don't wait to see it on the 6 o'clock news. Bear witness to yourself."
--Wise_7

"theres' so much tension and hate in the world that the act of love to your neighbor is trully revolutionary...it's all about thinking differently than the mainstream concerns of now. "
--mayhem

"SO POWERFUL IS THE LIGHT OF UNITY THAT IT CAN ILLUMINATE THE WHOLE EARTH."
--Baha'u'llah