Anum 's Reviews > Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

"You can fill all the libraries with your version
of facts, call it history, and still not own the truth."

Turn me Loose is an anthology of poems written by Frank X. Walker, about the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963. These poems give a voice to the murderer, his wives, Evers, his widow and his brother. These poems give a voice to any racist who lived or still lives and it gives a voice to the victim of racism. A tiny collection of poems hold within them a lot of weight in history and justice.

It is almost as if I found just the right time to read this collection. In the wake of the Charleston Massacre, for a girl who is neither white, nor black, nor American it was insightful to read about the struggle of the past as it appears to still go on. I feel like everyone should read this book and realize that racism, no matter where it is in the world, no matter what is its nature should not be practiced, because it only leads to corrupt thoughts and consequently corrupt actions.