Still Life in Harlem: A Memoir

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Summary: Depicting the true problems in America's urban communities
Review: "Still Life in Harlem" was a very good written book that opened your eyes on the problems facing urban cities in America. It also brilliantly put in great detail what the author saw in the everyday life of people in Harlem,how he felt about what Harlem has become, and what connection he still has with the place he grew up in, for awhile. The only thing that I disliked was how the author seemed to give excuses on why the people, in Harlem, live in the bad condition they are in. I felt that these people (in Harlem), like many other people, who are in the same situation, can make a positive change for themselves and their community if they put in some effort to make that change. Other than that, I really enjoyed the book and I truly feel that this is a book that everyone, who live in a Harlem, should read, so that maybe it can help them realize the destruction that is going on in their community and try to do something positive about it, instead of ignoring it.

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Summary: IM AN 8TH GRADER
Review: AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED READING THIS BOOK IT REMINDED ME OF LANGSTON HUGHES POEM "THE WEARY BLUES" BECAUSE IN THE WEARY BLUES HE TALKES ABOUT HARLEM(DOWN ON LENOX AVENUR THE OTHER NIGHT) AND WHAT HE HEARD AND FELT WHEN HE WALKED THE STREATS OF HARLEM(125TH STREET)

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Summary: Moving! Helped remind me of the real deal in America.
Review: Reminded me of the things about my heritage that is seen everytime a non-African American sees me on the street; the things about myself that society wants me to forget if I want to "make it". Illustrated the point that we could never assimilate into American society because our skin color will always remind folks of the history of exclusion, inequity, and distruction of the Black race. Finally, rekindled the desire to put something back into society - Black society.