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The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt by Jill Watts

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

December 19, 2020 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt by Jill Watts was our Mocha Girls Read book club selection in June. It became a very timely selection after the horrible death of George Floyd, which shone a brighter light on Black Lives Matter activism in America. As a Black woman, I was suffering from emotional exhaustion during that time. This history book actually helped put so many current things in perspective. We have come a long way, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #blacklivesmatter, #history, Black History, book club read, FDR, Jill Watts, medical ethics, medical experiments, Medical History, non fiction, Rebecca Skloot, The Black Cabinet, The Black Cabinet The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:23 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, #blacklivesmatter, #history, Black History, book club read, FDR, Jill Watts, medical ethics, medical experiments, Medical History, non fiction, Rebecca Skloot, The Black Cabinet, The Black Cabinet The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ·
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What Do You Mean We Don’t Agree On How To Run Triage?

April 8, 2016 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

I have an interest in what happens in worst case scenarios. I find disaster documentaries fascinating. I don’t know what that says about me, but it does mean that books like Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital are up my alley. Following a glowing review from Lollygagger way back in Cannonball Read 6, I added Sheri Fink’s book to my to read list, and then kept pushing it farther down. Because even though this is an area of non-fiction that […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: faintingviolet, Five Days at Memorial, Hurricane Katrina, medical ethics, New Orleans, Sheri Fink

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:24 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: faintingviolet, Five Days at Memorial, Hurricane Katrina, medical ethics, New Orleans, Sheri Fink ·
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