{"product_id":"the-white-peril-omo-moses-9780807004821","title":"The White Peril: A Family Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the son of legendary civil rights organizer Robert P. Moses: a brilliant, unflinching memoir about becoming Black in America that interweaves voices from 3 generations of the Moses family\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The White Peril, \u003c\/i\u003e Omo Moses deftly interweaves his own life story with excerpts from both his great-grandfather's sermons and the writings of his father, the civil rights activist Bob Moses. The result is a powerful chorus of voices that spans 3 generations of an African American family, all shining a light on the Black experience, all calling fiercely for racial justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOmo was born in 1972 in Tanzania, where his parents had fled to escape targeted harassment by the US government. He did not encounter white supremacy until the family moved back to America when he was 4. Here, he learned what it meant to be Black. He came of age in a Black enclave of Cambridge, Massachusetts, became a passionate basketball player, lived in the shadow of his father's Civil Rights work but did not feel like a part of it until his college basketball career came to an unceremonious end. Unsure what to do next, he took up his father's offer to go with him to Mississippi and teach math to Algebra Project students. Omo didn't know it yet, but it was among those young people that he would find his purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is at once a coming-of-age story, a multigenerational family memoir, an epic father-son road trip, a searing account of the Black male experience, and a work that powerfully revives Rev. Moses's demand for liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Omo Moses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807004820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807004821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2024 pg. 10","brand":"Omo Moses","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46070535291135,"sku":"9780807004821","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f20bf93-6231-4847-92e8-e91b4aa20b55.jpg?v=1724243555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-white-peril-omo-moses-9780807004821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}