Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown
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"I wasn't there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn't see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing better than anyone, and that's how to tell my son's story, and the journey we shared together as mother and son." —Lezley McSpadden
Michael Brown's death profoundly shaped the conversation about race and justice in America today. Everyone has their own version of Michael Brown's story: who he was, what happened to him, and whose fault it was. In this powerful portrait of our time, McSpadden tells the beautiful, devastating, and indelible story of her life, her son, and their truth.
Immediately after he died, McSpadden's son became a national symbol. The question, "Why did Michael Brown die?" was suddenly the crux of every narrative about race in contemporary America. Protests erupted across the country, cries of "Hands up, don't shoot!" reverberated through the streets and airwaves of every home, and thousands of people came together with strength and solidarity under the banner of the Black Lives Matter movement.
With startling clarity and riveting force, McSpadden brings us inside her own experiences being raised by a single mother and attending a white school where she did not belong; the violence she witnessed in the streets of St. Louis over decades; becoming pregnant at age fifteen and dropping out of school to work and support her son; suffering through and recovering from abusive relationships; and raising four children as a single mother. McSpadden writes passionately about the hours, days, and months after her son's death—being on the ground with the protestors, how she was treated by the police and city officials, and how she felt in the gut-wrenching moment that the grand jury announced it would not indict Darren Wilson.
When McSpadden realizes that the system will not deliver justice to her son—that in this world strangers often assume the right to write our stories for us—she shows us how to feel our way through the deepest darkness by creating meaning for ourselves, celebrating each life, and becoming an agent for justice and change.
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Lezley McSpadden. (2016). Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown. Regan Arts.
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- The revelatory memoir of Lezley McSpadden—the mother of Michael Brown, the African-American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014—sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history.
"I wasn't there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn't see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing better than anyone, and that's how to tell my son's story, and the journey we shared together as mother and son." —Lezley McSpadden
Michael Brown's death profoundly shaped the conversation about race and justice in America today. Everyone has their own version of Michael Brown's story: who he was, what happened to him, and whose fault it was. In this powerful portrait of our time, McSpadden tells the beautiful, devastating, and indelible story of her life, her son, and their truth.
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"I wasn't there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn't see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing better than anyone, and that's how to tell my son's story, and the journey we shared together as mother and son." —Lezley McSpadden
Michael Brown's death profoundly shaped the conversation about race and justice in America today. Everyone has their own version of Michael Brown's story: who he was, what happened to him, and whose fault it was. In this powerful portrait of our time, McSpadden tells the beautiful, devastating, and indelible story of her life, her son, and their truth.
Immediately after he died, McSpadden's son became a national symbol. The question, "Why did Michael Brown die?" was suddenly the crux of every narrative about race in contemporary America. Protests erupted across the country, cries of "Hands up, don't shoot!" reverberated through the streets and airwaves of every home, and thousands of people came together with strength and solidarity under the banner of the Black Lives Matter movement.
With startling clarity and riveting force, McSpadden brings us inside her own experiences being raised by a single mother and attending a white school where she did not belong; the violence she witnessed in the streets of St. Louis over decades; becoming pregnant at age fifteen and dropping out of school to work and support her son; suffering through and recovering from abusive relationships; and raising four children as a single mother. McSpadden writes passionately about the hours, days, and months after her son's death—being on the ground with the protestors, how she was treated by the police and city officials, and how she felt in the gut-wrenching moment that the grand jury announced it would not indict Darren Wilson.
When McSpadden realizes that the system will not deliver justice to her son—that in this world strangers often assume the right to write our stories for us—she shows us how to feel our way through the deepest darkness by creating meaning for ourselves, celebrating each life, and becoming an agent for justice and change. - sortTitle
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The mother of the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 relates the saga of her life in the St. Louis suburb, expressing her love for her children on nearly every page. With assistance from LeFlore, McSpadden reveals her life conversationally, including the colloquial phrasings that pepper her speech. Growing up, the author's fascination with an older high school classmate led to pregnancy at age 15 and the birth of Michael Brown nine months later. From the start, McSpadden referred to her child as "Mike Mike" and does so throughout the memoir. Brown's death, which gained international attention, does not become the focus until more than 200 pages in. Before that, McSpadden details her life as a black female in a sometimes-racist, sometimes-supportive metropolitan area with a longstanding reputation for unequal treatment of minorities. She offers bright portrayals of her mother and mostly undependable biological father, plus dozens of other relatives, friends, and antagonists. Determined to earn her high school diploma, McSpadden eventually had to drop out to care for Mike Mike and labor at a variety of low-wage jobs. She is frank about the domestic violence she endured at the hands of the man who fathered her first two children and another man (since murdered) who fathered her third and fourth children. Unable to find satisfactory housing arrangements, the author chronicles the dizzying number of moves within the St. Louis region, sometimes commenting on the varying levels of racial segregation in each area. Eventually, McSpadden describes the apartment complex where Mike Mike was staying with his grandmother the day of his death. Regarding the controversial shooting, the author casts doubt on the robbery report involving her son, and she suggests that Mike Mike's companion during the altercation is lying about the details. Mostly, though, she chronicles her unsuccessful quest for justice within a law enforcement culture stacked against her. A vivid, compelling account of a life on the edge.COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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You may think you know how this story ends, but you don't know McSpadden, and you don't know Michael Brown, the boy she raised and lost on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, MO, when he was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson. At its heart, this memoir is a mother's tale of love, grief, and the struggle to raise her children the only way she knows how: working to make ends meet and bringing up her children to be all that they can be. Her narrative tells of violence and tragedy, poverty and prejudice but also speaks to Americans everywhere to wake up and see what's really happening in the lives of young black men and women. This book is a call to action and one worth reading. The language is alive and full of color, bringing McSpadden's energy and passion to life. Her experience takes a close look at issues of family and survival after the unspeakable loss of a child. VERDICT Evocative writing make this memoir a compelling and moving read. Excellent for those interested in women's lives, black lives, social justice, and current events.--Gricel Dominguez, Florida International Univ. Lib.
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