reading things
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Black History Book Tuesday: The Other Wes Moore.
When Wes Moore was reading the newspaper article about his being named a Rhodes Scholar, he caught a glimpse of an article about a young man being sought in connection with an armed robbery that resulted in the death of an off-duty police officer. The young man’s name was also Wes Moore. The Other Wes Read more
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Half the Mother, Twice the Love/Mother Love
I didn’t quite get around to completing all of my February books. As a matter of fact, I may be reading them until April. I’m okay with that, because I have learned so much about so many different subjects and myself as I’ve read these books.Half the Mother, Twice the Love chronicles Mother Love’s journey Read more
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The Pursuit of Happyness/Chris Gardner
I really looked forward to reading this book, with all of the buzz surrounding the movie and the story behind it. The book gives an overview of Chris Gardner’s life, from his childhood in Milwaukee with an abusive (to put it mildly) stepfather to his life on the streets in the Bay Area with his Read more
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The Covenant with Black America/Tavis Smiley
I’ve heard a lot of things about Tavis Smiley. Some has been good, and the other stuff, well, notsomuch. I thought I’d take a look at The Covenant with Black America, which has been a New York Times bestseller and received other types of acclaim. I’ve seen Tavis Smiley’s annual programs on C-SPAN, well as Read more
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