Rose Grove Book Club, RDP Jason Musgrove & Rose Mayahi

On this episode, we take a hard look at the United States prison system with “Prisons Make Us Safer”: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration, by Victoria Law.

Alberta King, Berdis Baldwin, and Louise Little. On this episode, we will be review "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation” by Anna Malaika Tubbs. This beautifully written book tells the stories of the mothers of three of the most impactful men in recent history, whose legacies will live on forever, but their mothers are the reason for those legacies.

In this episode, we will discuss “Whose Story is This” by Rebecca Solnit. The book takes us on a journey through feminism, racial politics, and the histories and intricacies of activism.

In this episode, we discuss and review Kiese Laymon’s “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America,” a gut-wrenching, yet amazing read that addresses life during Covid-19, life as an African-American in the South, and how our fellow Americans can be destructive.

In this podcast we will be reviewing and analyzing books written from unique experiences and with unique messages. From race to religion to history to politics, and everything in between, we will try to understand the lives of those who we live alongside. We hope you’ll join us on this journey of analysis, not only of these books, but of ourselves.