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Feb 10, 2014
Sophie
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This book does an excellent job of framing the early Civil Rights Movement. I can't wait for the following books!
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This is such an amazing book. It's so eye opening. The philosophy of peaceful resistance is so valuable - I wish there was someone today who could be a figure head for another huge peaceful resistance movement. And the brutality the first Freedom Riders and other activists face is astounding - it's unbelievable to me how openly and unabashedly and violently racist and horrible and hurtful people were such a short time ago, and how legislators and law enforcement - who should have been protectors
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Jan 30, 2020
superawesomekt
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it was amazing
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Excellent. Highly recommended.





