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As an activist, Kevin Powell has written several essays and books about the things most people are afraid to mumble about. His Book Someday We’ll All Be Free is no different. It consists of three essays about Hurricane Katrina, September 11th, and the 2004 presidential election. Argumentatively they may all be described as tragedies that has afflicted America. Although these tragedies are different in circumstance and aftermath, it has affected us more than we fail to admit. Powell analyzes them on broader aspects in life such as; patriotism, unemployment, poverty, terrorism, and police brutality all of which are still very prevalent ten years later. I agree with these uncomfortable truths. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most

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