Little Did I Know by Donald Brooks Jones
On April 4, 1968, the nation was embroiled in war, protest and social change. It was a Thursday that many will not soon forget. This memoir depicts the high school years of a black baby boomer as his family moved from an interracial Chicago suburb to a racially polarized Memphis, Tennessee immediately after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Moreover, it's a story of shifting personal and societal paradigms. It represents one small and intimate chapter within the broader narrative of baby boomers coming of age during this seminal period in American history.
On April 4, 1968, the nation was embroiled in war, protest and social change. It was a Thursday that many will not soon forget. This memoir depicts the high school years of a black baby boomer as his family moved from an interracial Chicago suburb to a racially polarized Memphis, Tennessee immediately after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Moreover, it's a story of shifting personal and societal paradigms. It represents one small and intimate chapter within the broader narrative of baby boomers coming of age during this seminal period in American history.
On April 4, 1968, the nation was embroiled in war, protest and social change. It was a Thursday that many will not soon forget. This memoir depicts the high school years of a black baby boomer as his family moved from an interracial Chicago suburb to a racially polarized Memphis, Tennessee immediately after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Moreover, it's a story of shifting personal and societal paradigms. It represents one small and intimate chapter within the broader narrative of baby boomers coming of age during this seminal period in American history.