Michael Harriot
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Cary Library's Black History Month List 2024
Dedham's Goodreads Choice Awards 2023
STO: Goodreads Choice 2023
Dedham's Goodreads Choice Awards 2023
STO: Goodreads Choice 2023
Description
"From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America's backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington's cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln's log...
Author
Publisher
Outskirts Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Heartstown, South Carolina is a small, quaint, segregated town filled with faithful, god-fearing, obedient families. When the Black community becomes fed up with years of police brutality and second-class treatment, they join together in an epic fight that exposes the inequality and corruption to the entire country.
