No More Lies by Dick Gregory

No More Lies Reviews

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  RK Byers

  my only reget is that i can't give this book 6 stars
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  MsBrie

  This is an excellent novel that tells history like it really was. This is probably the first book I read that was educational. Dick Gregory is a black comedian who makes reading fun. Seriously, I would never have finished this book (and learned all about American history) if it weren’t for Gregory’s humor. Recommended for anyone who never plans on taking a history class.
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  Ryan Mishap

  I like reading what some might consider "period pieces" to see what was going on then and compare it to now. Especially illuminating are books about civil rights struggles and radical fights against oppression. Comparing the literature of the time with the reality of now often gives lie to the idea that "things are better" or "racism is a thing of the past."
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  Barbara Paciotti

  This book opened my eyes & changed my life. A must-read for anyone wanting the truths of American History.
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  Jimmy Head

  Humorous about serious issues in early 70's America. No vitriol. Today's writers could learn something about effectiveness from this Twain-Mencken-Lippmann styled observer.
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  JTGlow

  3.5
  Finally finished this after setting it aside to get through summer reading.
  He makes many valid points. It is at times remarkably timely and then very dated (to 1969). He lost me in the last 100 pages with the overt sexism (choosing a woman who is a whore only on weekends or 7 days a week as a metaphor for voting choices) he argues that's no choice at all and tells people not to vote.
  Use of the n word.
  
  38 solid point about black folks not hating individual white folks and adds white folks are responsible for the system because it is theirs
  56 The Pretty Colored Snake story
  61 if aliens came to earth and had to decide who was 'savage'
  82 Uncle Sam looking for another Indian
  101 Crispus Attucks and the Boston massacre
  192 American's violent mentality and guns
  202 List of Congress's actions, use of n word
  250 typo except for expect
  265 America and guns, buy bigger ones because she will need them
  310 whore metaphor
  335 claim about winds from west to east and how that would have been the spread of "Asian" flu
  
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  Jeffrey

  This was amazing to read in the 1970s - a great take on history emphasizing facts most of us had never heard about in those days. I'm not sure whether it would seem dated now. And I may never know - I think it's out of print and I lent my copy to an adjunct history professor who moved away without returning it! :-)
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  Wendy

  excellent and biting takedown of foundational american myths - if only it were not still so relevant.
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  katie d’amico

  very eye-opening regarding the all of the history that i’ve learned wrong or not at all.. definitely a must read for everyone.
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  Nicholas Leazer

  Had to stop several times while reading and remind myself this book was written 50 years ago. We're still fighting so many of the struggles described in this book. But it inspired me to keep going.