In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel Delany: Vol 1 1957-1969
The Secret World: A History of Intelligence by Christopher Andrew
Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs by James Wolcott
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight- I did read a little bit of this book in the section that pertained to my annual Frederick Douglass post...meaning that I read about the second meet-up between Douglass and President Lincoln...then, based on some of the comments in the thread, I went back and started reading some harrowing tales of the angry mobs that both Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison would face when they would give talks and lectures…
As Douglass sat in the reception room at the White House awaiting his interview with the president on August 19, Douglass had a chance encounter with Judge Joseph T, Mills of Wisconsin...In his diary, Mills recorded telling the president the story of how dark it felt in the reception area. So dark that “there in the corner,” said Mills, “I saw a man quietly reading who possessed a remarkable physiognomy. I was riveted to the spot. I stood & stared at him. He raised his flashing eyes & caught me in the act. I was compelled to speak. Said I, Are you the President? No, replied the stranger, I am Frederick Douglass.”
That scene is so right and so wrong for all of the right and wrong reasons...and it deserves to be filmed.