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Revolution or Death
- De: Justin Gifford
- Narrado por: Corey Allen
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 19
The figure who embodied the militant and controversial spirit of the Black Panther Party more than anyone was Eldridge Cleaver. Charismatic, brilliant, and courageous, Cleaver built a base of power and influence that struck fear deep in the heart of White America. Revolution or Death provides the first life story of one of the most notorious Black revolutionaries in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An intelligent complicated courageous human being...
- De MELLY RELLY!! en 04-18-24
- Revolution or Death
- De: Justin Gifford
- Narrado por: Corey Allen
Incredible story and beautiful writing
Revisado: 06-06-21
Gifford’s book is a detailed and incisive biography of Eldridge Cleaver. His research engages many of Cleaver’s most important contradictions and forces us to reconsider whatever boxes we would like to place him in. Gifford’s writing is especially poignant in the conclusion. It’s worth the read just for an ending which forces us all to look at ourselves just as critically. Well done!
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A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun
- The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
- De: Angela Jackson
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the great American literary icons of the 20th century, a protégé of Langston Hughes and mentor to a generation of poets, including Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, and Elizabeth Alexander. Her poetry took inspiration from the complex portraits of Black American life she observed growing up on Chicago's South Side - a world of kitchenette apartments and vibrant streets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!
- De Lisa R Charles en 01-11-21
- A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun
- The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
- De: Angela Jackson
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
This is more like a story-book for adults
Revisado: 01-03-21
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been listening to historical narratives of 20th century artists and activists. Marables 2011 “A Life of Reinvention,” Perry’s “Looking for Lorraine,” and so on. I was incredibly excited to find a audiobook about the life and work of Gwendolyn Brooks. Unfortunately this book is not a narrative history, third person memoir or autobiography. The best way I can think to describe it is it’s like a historical story-book for adults. It essentially recounts everything Brooks and her family have ever said about Brooks’ life as absolute truth. There is no critical engagement with the narrative around Brooks’ life, there doesn’t seem to be any additional interview or archive work that explores the poets’ difficulties in life, within her family dynamic, or with other people. EXCEPT around the colorism of Black people at her school and Black women in her neighborhood. It seems hard to believe that given Brooks’ life and legacy, the only criticism she ever had was for the Black people closest to her. But never her family, and it certainly never critically engaged her dynamic with her husband or children. It also barely, if ever critically examined her dynamic with white power brokers in the poetry space. I did my best to hold on, but after three hours I had to return it. Hopefully I can find a more substantial treatment of Brooks’ life and work elsewhere.
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