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Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry
4.0
“We are running out of time, the earth is ravaged, our bodies are indefinite; Lorraine reminds us to make use of each moment.”
This book is a moving tribute to Lorraine Hansberry. I didn't know much about Lorraine before reading this, except for having seen her in a section of the James Baldwin documentary recently. It was moving, inspiring, and also frustrating to read so many of her words and actions in the Civil Rights movement that are still so relevant today.
“...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent.... They must harass, debate, petition, boycott, sing hymns, pray on steps--and shoot from their windows when the racists come cruising through their communities.... The acceptance of our condition is the only form of extremism which discredits us before our children...”
2020 Reading Women Challenge #15-A Biography
This book is a moving tribute to Lorraine Hansberry. I didn't know much about Lorraine before reading this, except for having seen her in a section of the James Baldwin documentary recently. It was moving, inspiring, and also frustrating to read so many of her words and actions in the Civil Rights movement that are still so relevant today.
“...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent.... They must harass, debate, petition, boycott, sing hymns, pray on steps--and shoot from their windows when the racists come cruising through their communities.... The acceptance of our condition is the only form of extremism which discredits us before our children...”
2020 Reading Women Challenge #15-A Biography