Trying to Keep It from Blackfolks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781098348496)

Trying to keep it from black folks captures the spirit and history of this country's oppression, systematic racism and brain washing of a generation of people through the eyes of one of the unheard voices of yesterday fatherless generation B.A Gordon. The last of seven kids born in the poverty stricken Miami fla. Housing projects, Liberty Square, better known to the people of Miami. the infamous pork and beans projects whose mother has fought for equal rights since his birth. Even giving recognition of being the only black woman from Miami to attend Africa former president Mandela tour to the united states after his release from prison. To introducing her son to Harlem New York ground roots coalition. Street Fighter such as the late Jim Haughton and Gil Banks Fight Back Coalition. brothers fighting for equal pay in New York construction industries, while trying to prevent young black men from rejoining the prison industrial complex. Brothers that wanted to prevent a street kid from returning to any street. It was B.A Gordon first insight of New York systematic racism and his first indoctrination to the gentrification of a city. Though it's hard to find a good general, where a good solider wasn't. Though a curse of not having your general around when the fight start. Gave thoughts of not ever believing in anyone but self. So this is B.A. Gordon raw and gritty version of life for most black fatherless. The version of brain washed thoughts they don't want repeated. The unapologetic black version of America.

Author: B. a. Gordon
ISBN-10: 1098348494
ISBN-13: 9781098348496
Publisher: Bookbaby
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2021
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d