Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter

3.62 AVERAGE

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randomly's review

3.25
challenging informative slow-paced

celestelee's review

4.0
Interesting and well-written biography.

fluffdragon's review against another edition

3.0
Interesting history, but not quite well-written. It was really repetitive in places, which was especially distracting listening to it.
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renee_pompeii's review

3.0
Dense yet concisely written, meticulously researched historical narrative that reflects the title "Invisible" in more than just the history of Eunice Hunton Carter, Esq. It equally shines a spotlight on the invisible history of Black upper-class America, in the same way that Howard Zinn did for other ignored groups in his People's History - and is surely as important as that work. A must-read for students of African-American history as well as Women's history.

debimorton's review against another edition

3.0
challenging dark informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced
Eunice Huntin Carter, black lawyer. Lucky Luciano, gangster. Red scare, blacklist, etc. Too many rabbit trails. Language I didn’t care for, “darker nation,” “sasciety” etc. Interesting, but wouldn’t recommend

leebill's review

4.0
Wow. What a gripping story
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jessmferguson's review

4.0
informative slow-paced

nquerio's review

2.0
inspiring slow-paced
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doro_la_thea's review

3.0
The story of the Hunton/Carter family is most interesting, with details of how the self-referred 'darker nation' took upon itself to create their own upwardly mobile and educated society. So many people in this book that should be better known by Americans in general. The focus on Eunice Hunton Carter's life and career brought in a vast spectrum of what was happening in New York City specifically and the world writ large. It would be good for classroom discussion, additional research. The writing is a bit dry, as one might expect with a grandson writing about a revered grandmother. While Mr. Carter didn't pull any punches when it comes to various relationships, neither is there a pointed exploration of other more personal relationships. It was an educational journey.
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rainbowbookworm's review

4.0
Eunice Hunton Carter was a force to be reckoned with. I am glad her grandson is shedding light on this forgotten figure.