The Root: What books are you reading right now?

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i started reading because of reading up on Lee Kuan Yew after his death. I wanted to see his model on economic development in small nations. so far great read. small nations, especially the Caribbean and African ones should definitely look at the "Singapore model" to learn from
 

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Guns of August. It's about WWI. Got a book on the civil war next. Battle Cry of Freedom.
 

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half way thru all I can say is the original founders and members were down to catch wreck w/ the blue klux klan 24/7, no fukks given :salute:
You should read up on the deacons of defense. They came before the panthers and went blow for blow shot for shot with the kkk and ran them out the community.
 

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This is a REALLY good book. I think I'm almost done reading it. I had no idea how that Luke was into black empowerment so much. The download link is in the spoiler. Hit the little arrow in the quote to give @onlylno some rep if you download it.

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Surprisingly a great read. Considering the autho
great info on the history of blacks in miami

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