Book description
A searing history of life under Jim Crow that recalls the bloodiest and most repressive period in the history of race relations in the United Statesāand the painful record of discrimination that haunts us to this day. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Been in the Storm So Long.
"Theā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked Trouble in Mind as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book breaks my heart. It covers the African-American experience in the postbellum years and into the early 20th Century. This was a time when the country might have chosenāand fleetingly seemed as if it would chooseāto finally live up to its founding ideals.
Instead, the country chose another path, and Leon F. Litwack chronicles that pathāmob violence, electoral intimidation, and official government indifferenceāin brutal color and unsparing detail. This is one of those books that makes me think of what might have been.Ā Ā
From Leonard's list on being Black or want to understand those who are.
If you love Trouble in Mind...
These Blue Mountains
A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.
German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancĆ©, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Heddaā¦
Want books like Trouble in Mind?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Trouble in Mind.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,366
readers submitted
so far, will you?
š If you like Trouble in Mind, you might also like...
Marriage and Fatherhood in the Nazi SS
When I was writing this book, several of my friends jokingly called it the Nazi baby book, with one insisting it would make a great title. Nazi Babies ā admittedly, that is a catchy title, but thatās not exactly what my book is about. SS babies would be slightly moreā¦
A Forgivable Indecision
In 1913, a 15-year-old pregnant girl was found dead of apparent suicide. Dr. James Wilson, a new graduate and the first doctor ever to start a practice in this rural town, feels guilty over her death because of his delayed intervention.
He knows Bessie was raped by one of herā¦
