book review: Remember: The journey to school integration

Title: Remember: The Journey to School Inegration   imageDB.cgi

Author: Toni Morrison

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004

non-fiction

This nonfiction book contains many sepia toned images of Blacks and Whites, children and adults. The most certain fact is contained in the image of the New York Times front page dated 17 May 1954, the date the US Supreme Court ended school segregation “with all deliberate speed.”  From this starting point, Morrison tells us, no she shows us what it was like for people of this country to desegregate its schools. I found it amazing how Toni Morrison, such a gift story teller, was able to let the images tell the story. The images chosen for this book make the struggles of this era human and personal. Morrison depicts those Blacks and Whites who lived through this era as determined, fearful, united, hopeful and strong. While the book does not contain a lot of facts about this era, it does what most history books do not: it brings life to the past.

One thought on “book review: Remember: The journey to school integration”

  1. Hi Edi,
    I’ve been reading your blog posts, but most of the time I doubted, what to leave as comment. So I decided not to leave a comment.

    This time I have a question for you. Are you a fan of Toni Morrison? Have you read all, or most of her books?

    I have her on my list of writers I need to read books from. Since this book is mostly images it has my interest. I need to generate some income before I have the time to buy the books on my list to go relax and read them.

    By the way, did you change your twitter account? I couldn’t find your account anymore. (Editi).

    Deana Wilmink-Martina
    BBB/Blogging Baby Boomer

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