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All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep: HopeâAnd Hard Pills to SwallowâAbout Fighting for Black Lives
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Author:
Andre Henry
Publisher:
Convergent Books
Date:
March 22, 2022
When the rallying cry âBlack Lives Matterâ was heard across the world in 2013, Andre Henry was one of the millions for whom the movement caused a political awakening and a rupture in some of his closest relationships with white people. As he began using his artistic gifts to share his experiences and perspective, Henry was aggrieved to discover that many white Americansâpeople he called friends and familyâwere more interested in debating whether racism existed or whether Henry was being polite enough in the way he used his voice.
What The Reviewers Say
... an honest, painful autobiography, about one Black man’s journey to awareness, self-definition, and renewed identity amid the Black Lives Matter movement and the struggle against white supremacy in the United States.
... rousing.
... powerful.
