B. Dickey

Resilience!

Revisado: 09-19-24

A captivating story that I had to listen to twice, back to back to catch the details that I missed the first time. It's always good to get the back story on someone who's doing a great life work that affects our community. Thank you so much for surviving your childhood and using the lessons you learned to start a movement to save children from child abuse!

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Defiant is our collective history

Revisado: 08-27-24

i like how this podcast went way back to Paul Robeson and forward to share how each generation had its own standout athlete who used their platform to defy the status quo! Since our history isn't taught in schools this is a great supplement to educating ourselves on our contributions to American history.

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Love Wins!

Revisado: 03-24-24

I loved everything about this story! The backstories of the leads and how they pressed forward to get back to each other! Their love story was wholesome and nostalgic of former times when love developed organically and in its own season!

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Edge of my seat!

Revisado: 03-21-24

I started listening early in the evening and couldn't stop until it ended. I was on the edge of my seat listening for the next revelation as each chapter was read! I never would have guessed the ending, but it was appropriate given everything that had transpired.

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Great Book!

Revisado: 03-03-24

i listened to both of her books back to back and loved how she walked us through her personal testimony of how she got to where she is today! Great inspirational tidbits were shared that would encourage anyone that they can achieve their dreams too!

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Persistence!

Revisado: 03-03-24

I loved her backstory and firsthand accounts of her journey to becoming what she methodically planned and positioned herself TO BE!!!

EVERYTHING SHE WENT THROUGH PREPARED HER TO BE WHERE SHE IS TODAY!! BRAVA, ARLAN HAMILTON, BRAVA!!!!

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Thoroughly researched and written!

Revisado: 02-17-24

There is a whole lot to unpack in the life of Hattie McDaniel and ReShonda Tate took the time to do the research then synthesized that information into a book that kept my attention until I finished it!

A lot of personal information about Hattie was organized in a way that made it digestable in this book format.

I was shaking my head the entire time I was reading the book because Academy Award winning Hattie McDaniel's experiences with racism mirrored my own southern roots family's experiences.

Every Negro/Colored person went through the same Jim Crow system across this nation. Our elders shielded us by not talking about the racist acts they constantly endured and how it weighed them down and wore them out.

We need to be reminded of how very difficult life was during Jim Crow and why every WIN against it helped to usher in the Civil Rights Movement. It really is all related, we just need to connect the dots for this present generation so they can tap into the urgency of the times we're living in and truly understand why we can't go backwards!

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The Other Half!

Revisado: 10-10-23

I have no personal experience with wealthy and affluent Blacks in America! This story allowed me a peep into the opulent lifestyles they lived that are a part of our Black History!

It is inspiring to learn the detailed lavish lives that we lived, how we created wealth for our families and that luxurious living was our portion too!

We come from old money too and new money isn't as brand new as depicted for us. Media controlled the narrative for so long with the poverty of blacks it was hard to imagine this level of wealth ever existed for us at the same time!

I LOVED THAT FOR US!!🥰

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Riveting History told from a Black perspective!

Revisado: 10-06-23

Listening to the author read his book added to my enjoyment of this book. Michael Harriot did not disappoint in his delivery of well known facts (to me) about our contributions to America's history! If you want to learn what has been missing in every school's curriculum BUY THIS BOOK AND READ IT!

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Now I get Rogue Justice!

Revisado: 07-29-23

I read Rogue Justice first and learned there was a Book 1 in this series on Avery Greene, now I see where Rogue Justice picked up! There are a few references to what happened in this book in Book 2 so now I want to re-read them both for the continuity! I love Stacy Abrams' command and use of the language of politics which makes these two books sound like they're ripped from our current headlines and our 24 hour news cycles! I've read everything she's written including her Selena Montgomery series and I just love her writing style!👌

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