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Book Completions and Reviews for February and March 2024
Hey Everyone! Hope you’re doing well. This blog post will cover February and March of 2024.
I am a serial reader, so there’s at least three books I’m reading at any given time. However, I completed one book in February, but what a book!
In February, I read Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot. I have been following Michael for a few years on Twitter/X. His regularly posted threads are informative, witty, and infused with references to back up his points.
This excerpt from the description of the book excites me as a truth seeker:
“From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington’s cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin. It is the fantastic tale of slaves that spontaneously teleported themselves here with nothing…
