Defining Moments in Black History

Reading Between the Lies

De: Dick Gregory

Narrado por: James Shippy

With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of Black America.

A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers, and the forebear of today's popular Black comics, including Larry Wilmore, W. Kamau Bell, Damon Young, and Trevor Noah, Dick Gregory was a provocative and incisive cultural force for more than 50 years. As an entertainer, he always kept it indisputably real about race issues in America, fearlessly lacing laughter with hard truths. As a leading activist against injustice, he marched at Selma during the Civil Rights movement, organized student rallies to protest the Vietnam War; sat in at rallies for Native American and feminist rights; fought apartheid in South Africa; and participated in hunger strikes in support of Black Lives Matter.

In this collection of thoughtful, provocative essays, Gregory charts the complex and often obscured history of the African American experience. In his unapologetically candid voice, he moves from African ancestry and surviving the Middle Passage to the creation of the Jheri Curl, the enjoyment of bacon and everything pig, the headline-making shootings of Black men, and the Black Lives Matter movement. A captivating journey through time, Defining Moments in Black History explores historical movements such as The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, as well as cultural touchstones such as Sidney Poitier winning the Best Actor Oscar for Lilies in the Field and Billie Holiday releasing "Strange Fruit".

An engaging look at Black life that offers insightful commentary on the intricate history of the African American people, Defining Moments in Black History is an essential, no-holds-bar history lesson that will provoke, enlighten, and entertain.

©2017 Dick Gregory (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

absolutely a must-read

I explored every moment and time Dick Gregory opened up the moments and past time

Thank you Dick Gregory

I feel this book should be in every School, and home. Great narrator full of covered up facts. I will do my part as seeker and speaker of Truth

Enlightening

At times, provides a more compelling way to understand our history than is commonly pedaled.

The best black history book

It is serious, it's funny and historical. If you want to learn about conspiracy theories you have to listen to this great book, because I will listen to it again!

Thankfully

Thankfully I’ve come across this book it’s loaded with so much knowledge and history! Our watered down history that is being taught is awful and public schools should be forced to allow students to learn the truth!

History-Our Story

Nearly everything you should have learned in school, never did, and never will. I am inspired to delve deeper into multiple subjects.

Very interesting, informative, and funny!

Learned much more than I knew about black history. Will recommendations to friends and family.

Mind Blowing

I have listened to tons of audiobooks. This is the first book that had me Totally disappointed that it ended. I was glued to it the entire reading (and thats rare). The insight that baba Gregory gives will make your jaw drop and you will say OMG Yes, it makes sense. This is a MUST READ for anyone who wants to know the TRUTH regarding Martin's assassination, why Rosa REALLY sat on the bus and what really happened to Michael Jackson. This is a book of revelations and hidden truths. Again... a MUST read.

Enjoyable

This book gives you something to think about along with a few laughs. I enjoyed every moment.

should be on everyone's reading list,

loved it smart insightful great read, would definitely recommend and looking forward enjoy6more works by Dick Gregory