Crazy as Hell

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"As it entertains and enlightens, [Crazy As Hell] makes readers keenly aware that the 'craziness' demonstrated by Black heroes is a direct response to the madness of a racist American society. An entertainingly provocative and informative reading experience." -- Kirkus Reviews "This book is extraordinary. I considered myself a master student of Black history, but after finishing the wild ride that is Crazy as Hell, I was quickly humbled. 'True or false that a slave once won the Powerball, and then used the lottery money to buy his own freedom?' is the kind of wild and engaging question Hoke S. Glover III and V. Efua Prince ask, and it is just one example of the kind of refreshing, new history they've ingeniously delivered." -- Kwame Alexander, New York Times best-selling author of The Door of No Return Trilogy and Emmy Award-winning producer of The Crossover "Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying, and that certainly will be the case on and off as you read Crazy as Hell, a brilliant approach to the telling of Black history....[T]his book is a cultural gem." -- Khadijah Ali-Coleman, executive director of the Hurston Wright Foundation "[Crazy as Hell] is a stroke of Black genius and critical race theory sans the pomposity and posturing and corny, dry-ass lingua franca of the academe machine." -- Tony Medina, author of I Am Alfonso Jones and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy