Peter Clarein8RockCultureThe Democrats and GazaI’ve spent my retirement puzzling over how to be an effective radical. In college, I fancied myself a radical, but with graduation and the…Aug 24Aug 24
Peter Clarein8RockCultureOn November 5, 1917, police officers stormed into the offices of the Tulsa, OK, International…The book is a work of narrative history (history written in a story-based form). It delves into the horrifying four years following the…Aug 21Aug 21
Peter ClareOne Of Our KindShould I share books I don’t recommend? I just did that with “Ours,” so that train has already left. Jul 12Jul 12
Peter Clarein8RockCultureThese books are about a black person passing as white.“The Personal Librarian” was written jointly by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray in 2022. It is based on the real-life Belle…Jul 2Jul 2
Peter Clarein8RockCultureOurs is a long book and challenging for the average reader (such as myself).Ours is filled with meta-messages. On the surface, Ours is about an all-black town founded in the 1830s by a conjured woman named Saint…Jun 27Jun 27
Peter Clarein8RockCultureWhen No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole is a gripping mystery thriller that delves into themes of…Sydney’s frustration with erasing her community’s history leads her to start a walking tour to preserve the neighborhood’s African American…Jun 19Jun 19
Peter Clarein8RockCultureIncome Inequality as a Determinant of CrimeOne of my first efforts as a community organizer was working with Valley Green Public Housing and Sky Tower Section 8 housing, which were…Jun 17Jun 17
Peter Clarein8RockCultureThe First Lady of Neogro AmericaAmong the many holes in my reading are history books about black women. To address this deficit, I read Mary Mcleod Bethune: The…Jun 131Jun 131
Peter Clarein8RockCultureBetter Exists; it is what we have always sought.Black people in America have always known that we can do better than what we have here. We came from better. This belief has driven us…Jun 10Jun 10
Peter ClareWilliam Still: Father of the Underground Railroad.“William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia” by William C. Kashatus is an enlightening biography that delves…Jun 6Jun 6