“Do you? Did somebody shoot your son in the head, then stand over him and empty a clip into his face?” Ike said. The phone creaked in his hand as his grip tightened.
“People want you to put up with something for a lifetime they wouldn’t put up with for five minutes. I’ll be damned if I’m doing that.”
― Blacktop Wasteland
― Blacktop Wasteland
Black Girls Read!
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A group for African-American women to share, discuss and recommend quality books by and for other African-Americans.
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