Alternating My Reading Habit: To Encounter and be Transformed by Great Men and Women of History
For the next four months–beginning in March to July 2017– I’m going to alternate my reading habit. I will be reading the following autobiographies and biographies in that order, and attempt two of them monthly:
1. March 2017:
“Born To Rebel: An Autobiography” by Benjamin E. Mays
“The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays” by John Herbert Roper, Sr.

2. April 2017:
“A Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait” by Jervis Anderson
“A. Philip Randolph: The Religious Journey of An African American Labor Leader” by Cynthia Taylor

3. May 2017:
“Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol” by Nell Irvin Painter
“King: A Biography” by David L. Lewis

4. June 2017:
“Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin” by Herb Boyd
“Reinhold Niebuhr: A biography” by Richard Fox

5. July 2017:
“The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre” by Jean-Paul Sartre
“Jean-Paul Sartre: A Life” by Annie Cohen- Solal

*Please keep me accountable to this commitment.