Equal Justice Initiative Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, is Winfred Rembert's posthumous memoir. It presents his extraordinary art alongside stories of growing up in a family of field laborers, surviving a near lynching, and working for 7 years on prison chain gangs.

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@CathFlowers, longtime community advocate with EJI, published her memoir, Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret. It chronicles her journey from growing up in AL to becoming a student civil rights organizer and champion for environmental justice.

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Dr. Blain's book on Ms. Hamer, "Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America" is available here: https://t.co/z1TvtEyui8

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On this day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson authorized overt racial segregation in federal employment. Federal endorsement of Jim Crow policies was a significant blow to Black civil rights. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/gpncD2UOk2

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Anthony Ray Hinton’s critically-acclaimed book, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row, is available this month in a Young Reader’s Edition, adapted for readers age 10-14. https://eji.org/news/the-sun-does-shine-young-readers-edition/

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On this day in 1921, Texas Sheriffs Carl Smith and Tom Snow shot David Bunn, a handcuffed Black man, as he fled from a white lynch mob. The sheriffs faced no accountability for Mr. Bunn’s murder. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/gKrvWxUThT

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On this day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson authorized overt racial segregation in federal employment. Federal endorsement of Jim Crow policies was a significant blow to Black civil rights. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/gpncD2CF5U

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My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by former EJI client @IanManOfficial is a powerful memoir documenting his struggle from childhood in Tampa’s most violent and abusive housing projects, through 18 years of solitary confinement, to freedom.

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On this day in 2010, an Alabama prison prohibited an EJI client from receiving the book 'Slavery By Another Name' by @douglasblackmon, which documents the history of convict leasing. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/6Pf7I8Hu3L