Do Lord Remember Me

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Summary: Another kind of love story
Review: Julius Lester tells his father's story with a passion usually reserved for romance, and with an absolute lack of sentimentality. This is a wonderful description of growing up black in the Jim Crow South, life- and dignity affirming with no trace of bitterness.

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Summary: the truest story
Review: This is one of the best, truest books I have ever read. It reads more like an autobiography than like fiction. Through the life story of one man, the book allows you to taste a bit of the black experience in America spanning hundreds of years. Emotionally it is not easy reading, but well worth it.