This report is based upon the book Ten Generations of Bondage: Eleven Generation of Faith, written by Johari Ade. This book is published by Sakhu Schule publications and is copyrighted 2012 by Johari Ade.

The book Ten Generations of Bondage: Eleven Generation of Faith, was written by Johari Ade. The author author Johari Ade is an American wife, mother and grandmother. She has written many articles about blacks and has three books: Ten Generations of Bondage, the Clues, and People vs. Chester Tyson. Ade graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver and she has a master’s degree in law from the University of Denver. She is interested in the black history, which makes her give lectures and attend genealogy workshops and of course …show more content…
Unfortunately, there were many conflicts between the whites in the north and south. Whites in south did not want slavery to end and wanted Lincoln to leave them alone. Slaves in the south were confused. They were happy at first and encouraged to leave their works because they thought that Lincoln had freed them with the new law but unfortunately, it was not enforced in the south. Also, civil rights were not given to blacks at that time. The whites did everything to make voting difficult or impossible for blacks. When the author, and her friends Ladana, Janiqua, and Demetria were in 15 years old, they used to call themselves “Posse.” The music in the 60’s inspired the “Posse” to work towards civil rights. The song “Say it Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” by James Brown motivated them to be prepared for their next demur. They wanted to be listened by the police, so they dressed up with a typical “black” outfit in purpose to show how proud they are of being black. Their protest was because of a black boy who was beaten up by the police till he was almost dead. In 1986, blacks for the first time had their own nice neighborhood that was called “Park Hill Neighborhood” and they were so proud of themselves. It was the time when the “Posse” were on the eleventh grade. On one unfortunate day, this neighborhood had changed forever. The reason behind that is the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the black leaders who aimed for blacks improvement and after his death, the neighborhood was on fire and completely