The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” by Ernest J. Gaines is a powerful novel that chronicles the extraordinary life of a resilient African-American woman living through the Civil Rights Movement.
16th Street Baptist Church bombing Explained
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a racially motivated terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, resulting in the deaths of four African American girls.
Mudbound Summary
Mudbound” by Hillary Jordan is a powerful and haunting novel that explores the racial tensions and hardships faced by two families in the Mississippi Delta during and after World War II.