Uhuru

[Betsy Platt]

It was Robert Ruark. My parents had it too: I think it was a Book of the
Month Club selection, and there were indeed some choice pockets of violence
that appealed to my bloody 10-year-old mind. Fortunately, they didn't much
notice what we read.


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From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: VLVL What's it all "about"?


>
>
> > Michel Ryckx wrote:
> >
> > I remember my father had a novel called 'Uhuru' and we were not
> > allowed to read it as kids -too much violence.
>
>  In its stead came UHURU, an all-Black group.
>
>
> http://www.isreview.org/issues/22/black_workers.shtml
>