Reading challenges fulfilled: none since this was too short I’m pretty sure, that’s the inspiration for the title. made the statement, “ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends“.
Title comes from: It refers to the difficulty in standing up for one’s beliefs and friends when those around you are strongly against them.ĮTA on 4-11-17: I heard a story on NPR that made me rethink the source of the title. And the kids just couldn’t get over the differences in each other’s hair! This is definitely meant for an older audience since again we have strong language and violence depicted.
But the idea of entertaining a white family in a black household was almost anathema. The two families featured in the book were fairly progressive – the men formed a working friendship that developed into “Let’s have dinner together at our house”. What I found most memorable was how strong the lines were between the black and white communities. It leads to protests and ultimately a police attack on the men’s dormitory and several students charged with the murder of a policeman.įinal thoughts: Not quite as powerful as the March trilogy, but it did present a different bit of the story of the Civil Rights movement. Students at TSU are trying to get a local chapter of SNCC started, but they’ve been denied by the University. Their friendship extends to the point of getting together for dinner, which causes a bit of stress (neither family has entertained someone of the other color in their house). He’s interested in presenting the black side of the issues, although other members of the press aren’t so open-minded. There’s a new reporter in town, and he’s made friends with one of the black faculty members at the university. Summary: We follow two families in Houston in the 1960s as race relations were starting to get very tense, especially on the campus of TSU. I saw this reviewed elsewhere on the web and thought it would be a nice complement to the three March books.
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