7. 12 Years a Slave

By
Michael T. McPhearson
– March 1, 2014Posted in: Constitution, Culture, Human Rights, Politics, Resistance
NorthupSolomon Northup Number 7 on my book list to read in 2014. (may or may not be read as numbered) There is not much to say here. If you have seen the movie, you know why the book is worth reading. If you have not seen the movie and if you care anything about your history as a citizen of this country, or if you care to watch or read a story of great pain, injustice, cruelty and courage; see the movie and I am sure read the book. It is the story of the worst and best in humanity. The edition I bought also includes, Life of Frederick Douglass, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Life of Josiah Henson, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up From Slavery. I’ll let you know if I read them all. 1. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1968 2. Ali’s Greatest Fight - Finished last week of February Bingham, Howard L., Wallace, Max and Ali, Muhammad, 2012 3. The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert, 2014 4. My Ishmael: A Sequel Daniel Quinn, 1998 5. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston, 1937 6. Blues People: Negro Music in White America Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), 1963 7. 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup 8. The Art of Waging Peace: A Strategic Approach to Improving Our Lives and the World Paul K. Chappell, 2014
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About Michael T. McPhearson

Currently Michael is executive director of Veterans For Peace and co-chair of the Don't Shoot Coalition, A Saint Louis based coalition that formed in the aftermath of Michael Brown's police killing death in Ferguson, MO. From August 2010 to September 2013, Michael worked as the National Coordinator with United For Peace and Justice. He is a former board member of Veterans For Peace and as well as Executive Director from 2005 to 2010. He works closely with the Newark based People’s Organization for Progress and the Saint Louis centered Organization for Black Struggle. Michel also publishes the Mcphearsonreport.org expressing his views on war and peace, politics, human rights, race and other things. Michael also launched Reclaimthedream.org website as an effort to change the discourse and ignite a new conversation about Dr. Martin Luther King’s message and what it means to live in just and peaceful communities.