Are We Winning Yet

Download or read book Are We Winning or Are We Losing? written by Rev. Ernest Gillespie III and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are We Winning or Are We Losing? By: Rev. Ernest Gillespie III Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1954, the same year as the Brown v. Board of Ed decision, Rev. Ernest Gillespie III has witnessed its unintentionally disastrous effects firsthand. In Are We Winning or Are We Losing? he asks whether or not desegregation was really a win: with it came the busing programs that destroyed Black communities and helped shepherd the Black youth away from the church. “The worst thing that can destroy a nation of people is when the people forget the past and how important the past was for them,” Rev. Gillespie writes. This book looks at that past and wonders: Are We Winning or Are We Losing?