leweylibrary's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
It's obvious how this author has won a Pulitzer because this was a really well done historical nonfiction đź‘Ź I went into it pretty blind, so I was pleasantly surprised that it was largely about Texas and US history more than just a deep dive into that day in history like I was expecting. I also appreciated the mix of personal history of the author to put this history into a more intimate context. It was short, but it really packed a punch because I learned a lot!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, War, Violence, Slavery, Hate crime, and Colonisation
Moderate: Rape
tlaynejones's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I enjoyed this short collection of essays providing a broad history of Texas and the USA. The author was the first person to integrate a school in her community, entering first grade as the lone Black child in her school. She went on to become a Pulitzer Prize winning historian and university professor. I appreciated that the history she writes about was always interpreted through her personal perspective and the wider social understanding.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Classism, Racism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Genocide
qqjj's review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Colonisation, Genocide, and Racial slurs
kshertz's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.25
This is a very short book that details the authors history with Texas and mixes in the history of Juneteenth with Black people’s history in Texas in general. There was some that I knew but a lot that I didnt. I think most impactful for me is realizing that origins stories for Black people don’t just come from being on a ship with Europeans as well as talking about what integration did to Black teacher’s lives. There’s so much good historical information to go through and learn.Â
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Genocide, War, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Slavery, Racism, and Violence
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