confused_about_life94's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
booksbythecup's review
Thank you to publisher (Beacon Press) for a gifted copy of the book.
2020 feels like the year I pursue relentlessly a more personal academic history than the one I was given during my school years.
The Warmth of Other Suns set the bar high and provided with insight and understanding about the Great Migration. A Black Women's history in the United States took me back to when Black women were in this country were not enslaved. I learned about the young Black girl who sewed the American flag. I learned how women filed freedom suits in the pursuit of liberty.
I'll expand my thoughts tomorrow but wanted to get a few thoughts down after finishing the book tonight. I have a list of people and time periods I'd like to learn more about.
Grateful
2020 feels like the year I pursue relentlessly a more personal academic history than the one I was given during my school years.
The Warmth of Other Suns set the bar high and provided with insight and understanding about the Great Migration. A Black Women's history in the United States took me back to when Black women were in this country were not enslaved. I learned about the young Black girl who sewed the American flag. I learned how women filed freedom suits in the pursuit of liberty.
I'll expand my thoughts tomorrow but wanted to get a few thoughts down after finishing the book tonight. I have a list of people and time periods I'd like to learn more about.
Grateful
phdoingmydamnbest's review against another edition
5.0
This is an absolutely excellent book - it has helped me revise my African-American History exam list and I would recommend it to anyone teaching African-American history or Black Women’s history more specifically.
brittanymariereads's review against another edition
5.0
This book made me emotional before I even read the first sentence. I was reading through some of the reviews before I started reading it and seeing what this book meant to so many black women had me in tears. I am ashamed of our educational system because so many of the women and the events in this book were not taught to me in school. I will keep educating myself so that I can better educate my children. The women in this book are the type of historical figures I want my children to learn about. When we know better we do better. Highly recommend!
In honor of Black History Month I am only reading books written by Black authors this month. Right now I am reading through the many books that I already own and had on my TBR list but if anyone has any awesome suggestions I would love to hear them. Whatever I am not able to get to this month I will add to my TBR for the rest of the year. I have also ordered several books for my children, so if you have any toddler age suggestions I would love those as well. I always try to make sure to read books by a variety of authors but I felt that it was important to showcase some of the incredibly talented Black authors this month.
In honor of Black History Month I am only reading books written by Black authors this month. Right now I am reading through the many books that I already own and had on my TBR list but if anyone has any awesome suggestions I would love to hear them. Whatever I am not able to get to this month I will add to my TBR for the rest of the year. I have also ordered several books for my children, so if you have any toddler age suggestions I would love those as well. I always try to make sure to read books by a variety of authors but I felt that it was important to showcase some of the incredibly talented Black authors this month.
catlove9's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
xandrao's review against another edition
5.0
An excellent read and a powerful way to travel through the history of the United States. The authors share enough detail to make the book feel substantial, and give the reader many opportunities to dig deeper into their learning.
wrh121's review against another edition
4.0
If only history books in school were this good. Besides covering a topic sorely ignored in our nation's history, this book is powerful in how history is presented. People are humanized and we are made to think on their emotions and thoughts, which is a much less passive way to read about history. It is hard to celebrate famous explorers we are taught about in school when we ask them directly- why did you treat a fellow human being this way? It is hard to dismiss slavery as something that is over and done when forced to look at what it must have felt like to be taken from home and put in chains.
I learned more about the slave trade in three chapters than I did in throughout schooling.
I think this series of books is incredibly important and should absolutely be given to high school kids. Black women have always been an integral part of our nation's story and books like this prove how much we miss out on when we ignore them.
I learned more about the slave trade in three chapters than I did in throughout schooling.
I think this series of books is incredibly important and should absolutely be given to high school kids. Black women have always been an integral part of our nation's story and books like this prove how much we miss out on when we ignore them.
elizafiedler's review against another edition
5.0
BLM's eschewing of the nuclear family paradigm makes so much more sense now. I had not realized the extent to which it has been weaponized against Black families and especially Black women in this country.