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A review by guinness74
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the First Age of Terror by Bryan Burrough
5.0
This book is meticulously researched and strikingly written. Throughout the book, I was continually amazed at how recent the events were, several of them happening in my own lifetime.
Two quotes from the end of the book that I think sum up things in some way. The first from Cathy Wilkerson -- "Those with privilege really do not hear or see. The oppressed ask, what does it take to be listened to? The youth ask, what does it take to change things tomorrow-not in ten years or twenty?"
And from Sekou Odinga -- "Will I be remembered? I don't really care. Let's be real. What I care about are my children, and your children, and the children of tomorrow. I want them to study the past, and learn about it and carry on."
There are real issues that we face today that these folks faced 30-40 years ago. They went about it in what might be considered the wrong way, but when you don't feel heard, you resort to more stringent measures.
Two quotes from the end of the book that I think sum up things in some way. The first from Cathy Wilkerson -- "Those with privilege really do not hear or see. The oppressed ask, what does it take to be listened to? The youth ask, what does it take to change things tomorrow-not in ten years or twenty?"
And from Sekou Odinga -- "Will I be remembered? I don't really care. Let's be real. What I care about are my children, and your children, and the children of tomorrow. I want them to study the past, and learn about it and carry on."
There are real issues that we face today that these folks faced 30-40 years ago. They went about it in what might be considered the wrong way, but when you don't feel heard, you resort to more stringent measures.