"I am a 28-year-old Black male who enjoys reading your column. I would like to request from you a reading list of recommended African American books that will help to open my mind."
Sincerely, A Student of Life
That email inspired what you’re about to read now. I understood where he was coming from. I knew what books had done for me. I understood this too: my reader’s email wasn’t about books; it was about his life.
ABOUT THE LATTER END OF AUGUST is an original 'Janus Adams' series commemorating the arrival of the first Africans bound for slavery in America "about the latter end of August" 1619, and celebrating 400 years of the African American Experience. Thirty daily posts explore history’s myths, inconvenient truths, and delightful surprises. With courage and conscience, we journey from History to Healing and Hope.
*Harambee, a Ki-Swahili chant, means "let's all pull together!"
Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, historian, keynote speaker, Dr. Janus Adams is publisher of BackPaxKids.com and host of public radio’s
“The Janus Adams Show” and podcast.
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