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William Jelani Cobb, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at Spelman College, as well as a critic, essayist and fiction writer whose writings on politics, the African Diaspora and contemporary African American culture have appeared in a number of national outlets. His column “Past Imperfect” appears regularly on AOL BlackVoices. He is editor of The Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader, which was a Notable Book of the Year by Black Issues Book Review. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence, Emerge, The Progressive, The Washington City Paper, One Magazine and Alternet.org.
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If you're looking for essays that make you think about the contradictory state of race relations and a younger generation of black Americans in a very new light, this is a book you need to have. Don't borrow it: buy it. It needs to be read more than once. The essays are thought provoking and have several layersthat need to be uncovered. You can't do this is one reading.
The writing is as intelligent as the thinking. I bought the book because of the title, but found the other writings as cogent and informative. An excellent book for a discussion group.
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Brings us up to speed on everything!,
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There is not a book of essays I enjoy more than this one. It touched on so much, from why Harry Belafonte wasn't at Coretta Scott King's funeral, to universities owning slaves in the 1800s, to the justified reasons some black people don't like Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice, to issues in sports. I never thought anyone would capture the position of "favorite essayist" from Alice Walker as Dr. Cobb did, but I could not put this book down. It was a history lesson and more, written from the perspective of a member of the hip hop generation. The topics he spoke on are socially and politically relevant, and will continue to be. This is an extremely important book.
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It's a composite of many essays. Most of which are and interesting read. About 25% of the writers... you're just waiting for them to get to their point. I guess you can't expect all them to be golden.
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In October 1995 Louis Farrakhan succeeded in drawing one million black men to Washington, D.C., to participate in his Million Man March. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, United States, African American, Martin Luther King, New Orleans, Colin Powell, Native American, Supreme Court, Jim Crow, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Jesse Jackson, Board of Education, Nina Simone, Paul Robeson, South African, United Nations, World War, Amadou Diallo, Clarence Thomas, Democratic Party, Mike Tyson, Million Man March, Nation of Islam, Public Enemy New!
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