We are overcome

Bonnie Allen, the first black female political/social humorist, dissects blacks and whites in her provocative, irreverent, outspoken, and highly anticipated book of original essays. We Are Overcome tries to make sense out of the last quarter-century in black American life. We Are Overcome examines the actions and attitudes rearing up in America since that warm, fuzzy "civil rights movement" moment in history when blacks and whites marched arm-in-arm through the streets of our nation, blending their voices in a soul-wrenching medley of "Kumbaya" and "Go Down Moses," and seeking a better world…