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Book Cover for: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander
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Couple more recommendations Ive read so far are: "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander, "Locked In" by John Pfaff, & "Until We Reckon" Danielle Sered!

Hardcover, 2020

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson
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@sea_dazzle Books yes. "New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander "Are Prisons Obsolete" by Angela Y. Davis "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson To name a few!

Paperback, 2015

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair, Danielle Sered

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair

Danielle Sered
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Couple more recommendations Ive read so far are: "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander, "Locked In" by John Pfaff, & "Until We Reckon" Danielle Sered!

Paperback, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Are Prisons Obsolete?, Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis
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Just finished reading "Are Prisons Obsolete" by Angela Y. Davis today. I cannot emphasize this enough. GO READ THAT BOOK! Lets create new terrains for Justice together.

Paperback, 2003

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, Robin Diangelo

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism

Robin Diangelo
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@MaggieHenry122 I havent read it myself but I heard "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo was really good on implicit bias.

Paperback, 2018

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Locked in: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-And How to Achieve Real Reform, John Pfaff

Locked in: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-And How to Achieve Real Reform

John Pfaff
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Couple more recommendations Ive read so far are: "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander, "Locked In" by John Pfaff, & "Until We Reckon" Danielle Sered!

Hardcover, 2017

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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