A review by whitmc
At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L. McGuire

3.0

Enjoyed the content and the history, but wish that it had been done by a better writer, or even by the same writing, but after she outlined the book before writing. It was incredibly well-researched, SO much detailed information, but it read like the author took all the facts and research she did, threw them in a bag, and just grabbed at random to stick in the book. The stories did not follow a chronology or a theme (other than fighting racism, of course), so there was no driving element. Rosa Parks was a part of the book, but not the central part of the story so the title felt deceiving.

I will say that it was a good book club book--it led to a lot of discussion about current and past race issues. And you didn't need to have read the entire book in order to be a solid part of the discussion.