Welcome to the RACC's Arc of Justice Blog. The Spring 2009 reading selection is Kevin Boyle's Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age.
The Arc of Justice is like a decent sandwich so to speak. The meat in the middle was outstanding, juicy, flavorful, and well done, but those two pieces of bread on the outside(beginning/end) were only sharp reminders of my hunger and the often harsh realities of life. As a black man myself, Ossian Sweet's struggle, from his humble beginnings with its cruel memories to even a bout with depression, and the series of victories interspersed through it all speaks volumes about life. Indeed that "Negro (Sweet/Boyle:)) speaks of rivers" that have flowed since the beginning of time and that continue to flow through the lives of every witness and participant in the strugle for recial harmony.
Students in dept. seminr class: define following words and submit with next chapter review. (roseate, peripatetic, protagonist, precipitious, polygot, bucolic, frenetic, conviviality, incorrigible, equivocations)
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I am looking forward to reading this book and attending any associated events!
This work is a National Book Award winner
The Arc of Justice is like a decent sandwich so to speak. The meat in the middle was outstanding, juicy, flavorful, and well done, but those two pieces of bread on the outside(beginning/end) were only sharp reminders of my hunger and the often harsh realities of life. As a black man myself, Ossian Sweet's struggle, from his humble beginnings with its cruel memories to even a bout with depression, and the series of victories interspersed through it all speaks volumes about life. Indeed that "Negro (Sweet/Boyle:)) speaks of rivers" that have flowed since the beginning of time and that continue to flow through the lives of every witness and participant in the strugle for recial harmony.
Students in dept. seminr class: define following words and submit with next chapter review.
(roseate, peripatetic, protagonist, precipitious, polygot, bucolic, frenetic, conviviality, incorrigible, equivocations)
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