The DCV Book Club

Native Son

Native Son grips you from the very beginning with the bad choices of its 20-year-old main character, Bigger Thomas. Those choices culminate in the murder and beheading of a white female heiress socialite who, along with her communist boyfriend, place Bigger in several racially awkward situations that culminate in the ultimate dilemma that leads to […]

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Book Review: Black AF History by Michael Harriot

Michael Harriot’s Black AF History is a bold, irreverent, and deeply insightful reexamination of American history that blends scholarship with razor-sharp wit. Harriot doesn’t just retell history—he interrogates it, exposing the contradictions between America’s ideals and its actions. With humor that ranges from laugh-out-loud funny to quietly biting, he dismantles the myths that have long

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