Welcome to LCC READS 2005

Please join in by posting your review of the LCC READS suggested reading Arc of Justice: Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle.

This winner of the 2004 National Book Award for non-fiction, conveys the story of Dr. Ossian Sweet who, in 1925, moves his African-American family into an all-white East Detroit neighborhood. Met with hostility and disdain, violence erupts and the resulting events prove to be pivotal in laying the ground work for Civil Rights Movement.

If you haven't already read the book, you can find a copy in the LCC Library collection at: www.lcc.edu/library or take a sneak peek at amazon.com by clicking this link: www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0805071458/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-5331294-9341526#reader-link

Visit the LCC READS 2005 page on the LCC Library website at: www.lcc.edu/library/library-promotions/lcc-reads-2005/index.htm for information about LCC READS events and activities going on throughout the month of April 2005.

Posting a Review
To post a review on this blog, click the comments link at the bottom of this post. You will notice a number next to the word "comments", this indicates the number of reviews that have been posted. If you don't want to go through the eblogger registration process to post a review, you may post as anonymous. If you post as anonymous, please consider including your name at the end of your post.

If you need help getting started with a review or posting a comment, use the following discussion questions to get started:

1. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." Do you agree?
2. Is the Arc of Justice a good choice for the title of this book?
   
3. Do you think Kevin Boyle's portrayel of Ossian Sweet was fair and unbiased? Why?
   
4. Do you think the book ended in a hopeful or pessimistic manner? If you think pessimistic, what could the author have written to offer hope?
   
5. The legal case, The People vs. Sweet, in The Arc of Justice has some similarities to the legal case (United States v. The Amistad) presented in the film Amistad (based on the book, Black mutiny : the revolt on the schooner Amistad by Owens, William A.) What are the similarities? What are the differences?

Thank you for making LCC READS 2005 a success!