Kevin Boyle (2) (1960–)

I lived through it and this very well researched investigation of the many, many news worthy items that happened in the 60s was very well done and brought back memories of some very difficult times in our history: segregation and desegregation, protest marches for equality for black Americans, the assassinations of JFK, MLK and Robert F. Kennedy, Viet Nam, Cambodia, the anti-war protests, Roe, and all the bigger than life personalities including Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, George McGovern, Eugene McCarthy, George Wallace and the Supreme Court. The Kent State killings in 1969 and the downfall of Nixon with the Watergate hearings in the early 70s brought the book to an American end. Very comprehensive and excellent narration.… (more)

The story of the murder trial against Ossain Sweet and 10 other people. Mr. Sweet was an african american doctor living in Detroit in the 1920's. His family bought a bungalow in an all white area and a white man was killed while Mr. Sweet and his friends were defending the house. I thought all the information about the trial and the presence of the KKK in the north was interesting. I feel the author goes into too much detail about Ossaian's family, spending 70- pages tracing the family in detail back through his great grandfather.… (more)