Buried in the Bitter Waters

This is an exceptional exploration of the disenfranchisement of African Americans in the years between the Civil War and World War II. The tone can be occasionally indignant or self-righteous but in a completely appropriate way. He takes issue with a variety of people today who are unable or unwilli......more

Fascinating! Powerful! This was one book that was required for a class that I picked up and actually enjoyed and read the whole thing. Because it is told though a variety of stories instead of being a factual analysis, it adds more impact. I had never head of racial cleansings, and am appalled and y......more

This was a 6 star, thoroughly researched, and shocking book. Despite having read many books about inequality, this book was novel for me because its focus was not simply a book about the inequality present in todays society or a survey of the practices in slavery and Jim Crow that resulted in lastin......more

"Buried in the Bitter Waters" is a book describing forced removal of blacks in a number of areas of the U.S. around the turn of the (20th) Century. It's a story I hadn't heard of in my exposure to U.S. History, although most of us have heard related stories of forced removal of Native Americans from......more

Beyond belief...totally beyond belief...but within the realm of our nation's history. Only you have never heard about this in school because it's lost, intentionally, by newspapers and local historians and witnesses living and dead. I read this book as an audio in my car going to and from school. Da......more