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A review by kathryn2211
Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen
4.0
Lightning Men is the follow up to the brilliant Darktown.
Set a few years later Officer Danny Rakestraw and 'Negro Officers' Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have to face the Klan, gangs and family life in 1950 Atlanta.
It is not an easy book to read as racism is one of the main themes. Officers unable to do their job, live where they like and not be who they want to be all because of their ethnicity. The sad thing is this book highlights how little progress we have made as a society.
Set a few years later Officer Danny Rakestraw and 'Negro Officers' Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have to face the Klan, gangs and family life in 1950 Atlanta.
It is not an easy book to read as racism is one of the main themes. Officers unable to do their job, live where they like and not be who they want to be all because of their ethnicity. The sad thing is this book highlights how little progress we have made as a society.