A review by jmanchester0
Strange Fruit, Volume II, Volume 2: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History by Joel Christian Gill
5.0
#28daysarenotenough
E pluribus unum: out of many, one. That is the story of Black people in America. People from different tribes, languages, and cultures; people who were stolen from different societies, brought to this country and forced to build a new nation.
All of these stories were great - but the story of Stagecoach Mary Fields was fascinating!
As I started to read the Sheriff of Yankee Hill, the art seemed so cinematic that it seemed like it should be immediately made into a movie!
I couldn‰ЫЄt believe the story of Contraband - that the Union army took slaves as spoils of war and keep them as slaves. I mean, I can believe it, and it shouldn‰ЫЄt come to be as a surprise, but it did.
I am truly sad that I can‰ЫЄt hear Tom Wiggins play. I‰ЫЄll have to look up some performances of his work.
And Josephine Baker was a spy for the French Resistance?? I need to find and hear about that story. (It‰ЫЄs only mentioned in this book.)
I‰ЫЄve decided that I need to get both volumes of this book for my home library. I would love to see some of these stories developed and given a bigger audience!
Thanks to NetGalley and Fulcrum Publishing for a copy in return for an honest review.
E pluribus unum: out of many, one. That is the story of Black people in America. People from different tribes, languages, and cultures; people who were stolen from different societies, brought to this country and forced to build a new nation.
All of these stories were great - but the story of Stagecoach Mary Fields was fascinating!
As I started to read the Sheriff of Yankee Hill, the art seemed so cinematic that it seemed like it should be immediately made into a movie!
I couldn‰ЫЄt believe the story of Contraband - that the Union army took slaves as spoils of war and keep them as slaves. I mean, I can believe it, and it shouldn‰ЫЄt come to be as a surprise, but it did.
I am truly sad that I can‰ЫЄt hear Tom Wiggins play. I‰ЫЄll have to look up some performances of his work.
And Josephine Baker was a spy for the French Resistance?? I need to find and hear about that story. (It‰ЫЄs only mentioned in this book.)
I‰ЫЄve decided that I need to get both volumes of this book for my home library. I would love to see some of these stories developed and given a bigger audience!
Thanks to NetGalley and Fulcrum Publishing for a copy in return for an honest review.