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Summary: Black Wallstreet? Wheres the money?
Review: I really hate it when a company or individual will not pay thier bills.
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Summary: The Bestest Book Ever
Review: I think that this is an awesome book. I Love it and I think that it should be put in all schools.. My teachers dont like for us to read these things because they think that it will change our minds about AMERICA... this beautiful country. What about the country that sold and traded people like children trade baseball cards?? What about the country where MAJOR racism still exists today?? I am so tired of this Great country. I wish that it really was as great as it is said to be. Jay Jay Wilson and Ron Wallace really showed the true colors of America as we black ppl see it. Thanks guys! Keep UP the good work!
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Summary: Deliberate Misinformation
Review: My name is Ronald E. Childs, and I am a professional journalist living in Chicago. In 1994, I interviewed Mr. Wallace and Mr. Wilson about this book, and was forwarded a copy of it for review. After crafting my story, which appeared in the national publication, "Black Elegance" magazine, both myself and the magazine's publisher received dozens upon dozens of telephone calls from interested readers seeking to order copies of both the book and its companion video, which these two sheisters were selling. The duo then embarked upon a national media tour where they did radio interviews in major urban centers across the country -- using and frequently quoting my article on-air, without permission, to bolster their credibility and to continue to spur sales. Next, my article ended up being published in newsletters all over the U.S., and even was posted on the Internet, where it became one of the widest-circulated e-mails among African Americans for the next seven years. Again, all of this was without permission or compensation to me of any kind. In very short order, apparently once Wallace and Wilson had depleted their supply of books, I learned that they had never paid their publicist, and that their telephone numbers and 1-800 order numbers were disconnected. Those numbers remain disconnected to this day, and these men have disappeared, as has their "publicist" and "publishing company." I also conducted more research of my own about the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, and discovered that much of the information that they had given me for the article (taken from their book) was grossly exaggerated. Although these two men have helped to bring to light a little-known facet of African American heritage, they have also cavalierly toyed with critical facts of that episode of history for their own personal, monetary gain, which is inexcusable. I apologize for my role in that deception as well, and for not seeing through this in our initial interview, but I caution you to strongly consider purchasing books by other, more ethical and credible authors on this most painful and important subject.Thank you.
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Summary: Deliberate Misinformation
Review: My name is Ronald E. Childs, and I am a professional journalist living in Chicago. In 1994, I interviewed Mr. Wallace and Mr. Wilson about this book, and was forwarded a copy of it for review. After crafting my story, which appeared in the national publication, "Black Elegance" magazine, both myself and the magazine's publisher received dozens upon dozens of telephone calls from interested readers seeking to order copies of both the book and its companion video, which these two sheisters were selling. The duo then embarked upon a national media tour where they did radio interviews in major urban centers across the country -- using and frequently quoting my article on-air, without permission, to bolster their credibility and to continue to spur sales. Next, my article ended up being published in newsletters all over the U.S., and even was posted on the Internet, where it became one of the widest-circulated e-mails among African Americans for the next seven years. Again, all of this was without permission or compensation to me of any kind. In very short order, apparently once Wallace and Wilson had depleted their supply of books, I learned that they had never paid their publicist, and that their telephone numbers and 1-800 order numbers were disconnected. Those numbers remain disconnected to this day, and these men have disappeared, as has their "publicist" and "publishing company." I also conducted more research of my own about the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, and discovered that much of the information that they had given me for the article (taken from their book) was grossly exaggerated. Although these two men have helped to bring to light a little-known facet of African American heritage, they have also cavalierly toyed with critical facts of that episode of history for their own personal, monetary gain, which is inexcusable. I apologize for my role in that deception as well, and for not seeing through this in our initial interview, but I caution you to strongly consider purchasing books by other, more ethical and credible authors on this most painful and important subject. Thank you.
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Summary: The Bestest Book Ever
Review: Why is this book unavailable. This book should be in ALL public schools. The history of Afrikan people in the U.S. is filled with all sorts of crimes against our people and violations of our human rights, many which have gone un-redressed and still continue to this day. If neither blacks nor whites (Asians, and all other immigrants) know about the TRUTH of American history, now - we will all suffer later, and Blacks will suffer now, and did their progenitors before them.
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