Tag: Malcolm X

• Ten Books

  In the Filmspotting tradition of naming lists after what you know will be on everyone’s list so should be removed from consideration, I’m going to name this the To Kill A Mockingbird Memorial List of Ten Books That Have Stuck With Me For Some Reason. Acknowledging the usual disclaimers of making lists (it’s not binding, it could…

  Sep 7, 2014

  # A Night to Remember, books, Jesus, lists, Malcolm X, nature, Neil Postman, Philip Yancey, Sigurd Olson, Stephen Ambrose, The Road Less Traveled, The Things They Carried, Theodore Roosevelt, Titanic

• Courage Under Fire Hoses

  I just finished reading Hampton Sides’ Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., a recounting of the assassination of the famous civil rights leader through the perspectives of the people involved in the run-up to and aftermath of King’s slaying. I highly recommend this book for its extensive background on King’s…

  Feb 6, 2013

  # books, civil rights, Eyes on the Prize, Hampton Sides, Hellhound on His Trail, history, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, review, segregation