.. up next on history bookshelf, author harper barnes recalls the events that led to one of america s deadliest race riot. he is the author of never been a time. recorded in st. louis in 2008. i would like to quote if i from a review. he says this is the most compelling writing yet produced on the seminal event on race
it tells us a lot about who we are, and what we can and will be. the details of innocence lost to greed, corruption, and lust to power. the author shows the ability of to beack community capable of destruction. barnes tells the story i am really sorry, i had not planned on that. before we begin, i would like to say a few personal things about harper. 1977, when we moved to this location from the loop, harper wrote an article in the post about us for the sunday paper. at midnight saturday night, we waited anxiously for the paper to be delivered. what a thrill. harper was the first journalist to recognize us and it was the most welcome and truly appreciated article that has ever been written about us. novel, he gavet us a galley. which i still have. harper blue monday, harper barnes publication, 1991. and then he did a book siding a book signing when the book finally came out on monday and he inscribed it to us. i just want to read it. ,t says to left bank books my
Charles Giuliano's new book “Counterculture in Boston: 1968–1980s” makes a case for Boston’s cultural revolution that impacted the nation during an idyllic but restless moment in time.
A local group is calling for reparations to descendants of victims in the 1917 massacre, commonly called the East St. Louis race riot. Here’s a summary of what happened.