The remainder of the claims in the ad were blatantly offensive to me (a white guy from Illinois, a history buff, and an admirer of Lincoln). The claims in fact were slanderous, stupid and an obvious attempt to rewrite history and all the known facts about Abe Lincoln.
After googling this book though, I found several reviews giving this book undue respect.
I found one reasonable review - "Forced into Glory" Book Review by Edward Steers, Jr. that addresses the books more obvious political, not historical, agenda.
I'm just amazed at how revisionist history like this can be popularized and then presented in full-page magazines geared towards blacks only under the disguise of scholarly research. Its has the full intention of only causing anger, hatred, and resentment.
Lincoln himself was an amazing non-racist human being and suffered more pain and agony over his fight against the evils of slavery than most any of us today could dare imagine. It's a real shame and an embarassment to me that a present day black author would try to systematically dismantle Lincoln's character to the black American populace today.
true dat g. here is proof that abe was a white racist cracker: http://www.lincolnpetition.friendpages.com
ReplyDeleteIt's sad to see so many 'educated' men who are no longer capable of setting aside their presuppositions for a minute to read the facts about our 'honest Abe.'
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry sir, but the facts remain that Lincoln said the things he said, and better men then you have tried to bury them
Ed~