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Co-founder @hammerandhope, contributing writer @NewYorker, @pulitzer finalist 2020, #MacFellow 2021, professor @PrincetonUniversity

10 books
Book Cover for: The Long Default, William K. Tabb

The Long Default

William K. Tabb
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@gabrielwinant @justincharles The Long Default: New York City and the Urban Fiscal Crisis, William Tabb

Paperback, 1982

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Poverty, by America, Matthew Desmond

Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond
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Back at Princeton in March with Matt Desmond to launch his new book on poverty, dropping on March 23rd. Mark your calendar! https://t.co/XABXKBATp6

Paperback, Large Print, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership

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A generous review of my book, Race for Profit…always grateful to be read. https://twitter.com/mc_lens/status/1551618847505059840

Paperback, 2021

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist), Albert Woodfox

Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist)

Albert Woodfox
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@chrislhayes Albert Woodfox’s memoir, Solitary

Paperback, 2019

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida, N. D. B. Connolly

A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida

N. D. B. Connolly
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and if you want to know more deeply about the history or racism and grift that is the real estate industry then buy Nathan's brilliant book, A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida.

Paperback, 2016

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America, Saidiya Hartman

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America

Saidiya Hartman
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I've experienced many cool things in the last few years but maybe the greatest honor of all came when Saidiya Hartman asked me to write the foreword to the newest edition of Scenes of Subjection soon to be released. Join us in Philly later in Oct! https://t.co/Q5SufSe8e1

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation (Expanded Second Edition), Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation (Expanded Second Edition)

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Tonight! Michelle Alexander and I discuss the new edition of my book, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation https://t.co/5BiIVCDnq8

Paperback, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Black Liberation: A Comparative History of Black Ideologies in the United States and South Africa, George M. Fredrickson

Black Liberation: A Comparative History of Black Ideologies in the United States and South Africa

George M. Fredrickson
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This year marks the 5th anniversary of the publication of my first book, From #BLM to Black Liberation. Haymarket is releasing a new, expanded edition in June w a new foreward from Angela Y. Davis. My book is five years old but I think it still stands up. Pre-order a copy! https://t.co/B1pDJ3TmnR

Paperback, 2002

$52.00$27.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression, Robin D. G. Kelley

Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression

Robin D. G. Kelley
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Sweet deal! Get a free copy of Robin D.G. Kelley’s book Hammer and Hoe from UNC Press. https://t.co/WD1Pr29CQm

Paperback, 2015

$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: After Redlining: The Urban Reinvestment Movement in the Era of Financial Deregulation, Rebecca K. Marchiel

After Redlining: The Urban Reinvestment Movement in the Era of Financial Deregulation

Rebecca K. Marchiel
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Everyone should read Marchiel's remarkable book, After Redlining. If you want to understand how and why redlining continued to shape the U.S. housing market long after the 68 Fair Housing Act, start here and then invite her to explain it to you. https://t.co/ZXT4j5pbwB

Paperback, 2021

$38.00$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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