Book Critique: "My Face Is Black Is True" - Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations

The book "My Face Is Black Is True" goes into great detail about the biggest reparation movement in history and all the people involved in it, especially Callie House. Unlike many books, that only focus on main events and skip a lot of details that may help the readers understand the meaning, this book all the gory details. In fact, this book could very well be a textbook, instead of getting the reader to become …

…constitutional right to petition the government" (Berry 190). After her imprisonment, the movement had slowed down dramatically, nonetheless, it did not stop, many ex-slaves, and descendants of ex-slaves today carry on the movement she dedicated much effort to keep the movement alive. And although her attempts to gain pension did not succeed, they were not in vain; they helped spread the movement and convinced many ex-slaves that they should fight for what is rightfully theirs (Berry 186).