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There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America attempts to show the continuity of the Black fight for justice, from the beginning of the slave trade to the end of the Civil War. By reexamining Black history and depicting the different but interrelated protests that Blacks have...
The struggle began when Africans were packed into slave ships, where, even after being kidnapped, chained and beaten, they choose again and again to face the firearms of the whites. Sometimes their spirits, resolve and sheer numbers would overwhelm the enemy, but more often than not, they failed. Yet whites...
The protesters come to life, with Harding guessing the thoughts behind their actions. His hypothesizing of the motives of Frederick Douglass, John Brown and others makes the book more interesting while also introducing doubt about the accuracy. But he did not intend the book to be simply a survey of...
Harding believes that, in spite of current dim forebodings, the '80s will provide Blacks with opportunities to develop. Consciousness of past accomplishments and of the difficulties that others have faced can stimulate a movement that will remold the entire country's attitudes and prejudices. Whether this decade realizes his prediction...
Known variously as "the Lion," "the Great Crocodile," "the Bull," "Son of the She Elephant," "the Great Mountain" and "the Inexplicable," King Sobhuza II, 82, became the leader of Swaziland the year Warren G. Harding moved into the White House. Last week, on the 60th anniversary of the old Lion...