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1. “The Black Count,” by Tom Reiss: The true story of General Alex Dumas, the son of a Black slave who inspired “The Count of Monte Cristo” and other swashbuckling tales written by his son, Alexander Dumas.
2. “With Your Own Two Hands,” by Seymour Bernstein: A best-selling guide from the early 1980s that advertises itself on the cover as a way to “overcome stage fright and nervousness” and “realize your full potential.”
3. “Play It Again,” by Alan Rusbridger: How Rusbridger, who was the editor of the Guardian, decided to solve his midlife crisis by attempting to master, within the span of a year, Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, a notoriously challenging piano composition.
Colin Powell
On Montgomery College’s YouTube account, May 22
1. “Slave Nation,” by Alfred W. Blumrosen and Ruth G. Blumrosen: On the role of slavery in the drafting of the United States Constitution, and especially the concessions made to the South to keep them part of the new nation.
2. “Bloods,” by Wallace Terry: An oral history of 20 Black men who were drafted to fight in Vietnam that covers their experience of war and return to America.
3. “Black Spark White Fire,” by Richard Poe: Poe drew on new research in linguistics, archaeology and anthropology to propose that it was Black Egyptian explorers who planted the rudiments of Western civilization in Europe 3,000 years ago.
4. “Warriors of Color,” by Harold Ray Sayre: Not much is known about Black soldiers who served in the military just after the Civil War, but this book gathers the available military records of 63 members of Troop H of the Tenth Cavalry, stationed at Ft. Davis, Texas, in the spring of l884.
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