greenmtgirl 's review for:

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

5.0

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This is an incredibly important and gripping book, and it was surreal to read as Republicans are pushing ball after bill banning the teaching of this country's racist history. I really appreciated the foregrounding of Dr. Hall's emotional connection to her work. She is, after all, a Black historian researching her ancestors' pasts and pain - the personal here is very, very political. My one gripe with the book is that the style of the art is a little hard to follow, and the periods look a lot like commas. But I often have visual trouble with graphic media, so don't let that stop you from picking this up (just a note to artists and letterers - some readers have visual processing problems).