This beautifully lyrical speculative fiction novel explores the reality of activism as more than just a handful of speeches given at protests, the costs to those who dedicate themselves to activist work, and the passion that drives us ever onward to a better, more just future. Grappling with grief, ancestral trauma, and a family, community, and society in flux, Mandy dares to dream of a future outside the limitations of racism and patriarchy.
Growing up in Arkansas as a child in the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement greatly impacted my life and continues to influence my writing. My stories about Negroes during the Civil Rights era reflect the hopes and dreams of ordinary people that influenced the political makeup of a nation. I am committed to telling the stories of those s/heroes to the next generation who are often not aware of the momentous events of the most successful social justice movement in history - one that has served as a blueprint for activists all around the world. It was a time that showed the very best of our community’s power, solidarity and commitment.
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Not since THE COLOR PURPLE has a book come along that will open the minds and hearts of all who read it. If you were alive in the last century, and even if you didn't arrive until this century, this story will fill a major gap in your understanding of American history. They sure as hell didn't teach it to us in school, but some of us lived it. Kathya Alexander's writing is brilliant, evocative, and this is a book students of literature will be studying for a long, long time. Think Zora Neale Hurston. Think Toni Morrison. Think bell hooks.
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