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Post by Jeanne on Jul 21, 2022 12:25:34 GMT -8
Beautiful, Brian. Thanks for posting.
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Nov 22, 2022 0:00:16 GMT -8
The mere mention of Bernard LaFayette isn't reason enough to recommend a book review. His name comes up a lot -- Dr. LaFayette is one of our greatest living witnesses to the civil rights movement in my lifetime, starting with his participation in the lunch counter sit ins in Nashville and in the initial Freedom Rides with his college roommate John Lewis, and everything he's done since to teach nonviolent civil disobedience around the world. Quoting from the review: The book's title in last week's New York Times Book Review caught my eye first: “Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968.” The author, Pulitzer Prize-winning military historian Thomas E. Ricks, frames the tactics of the nonviolent revolutionaries as if they were initiatives of a successful military campaign, focusing on the strategies, planning and discipline required to achieve their goals. This link to the review is a gift from my subscription so you can storm over the paywall: www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/books/review/rules-of-engagement.html?smid=url-share
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