Eagle Nest Book Club! I'll start!

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America 
 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55643287-how-the-word-is-passed

This book is incredible. Absolutely - cover to cover. It is a book that I will save for my two children to read in a few years. Covers nearly all angles - America's history, Civil War, Memories, Plantations, NYC, Senegal "blacks selling blacks into slavery", it is just so great. Eye opening to me, when I thought I already had my eyes open. 

5/5 - highly recommend.  

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

One of the things covered is Seneca Village, which was a mostly African American community that was ultimately razed to create Central Park. 

 https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/seneca-village 

I had no idea. Fascinating stuff.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Village

 

 

Edited August 28, 2021 by SteaminWillieBeamin