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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

This one. This one made me really reexamine a lot of things I thought I knew, and started me on authors like Angela Y Davis and Patrisse Khan-Cullors.

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TheBookHippie I agree! 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures This is the book I would pick also. A necessary read. 1d

Susanita Good choice! 1d

Scochrane26 I haven‘t read the book, but the movie made me very emotional. 1d

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RowReads1

Reflections on the Guillotine: An Essay on Capital Punishment | Albert Camus

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LoverOfLearning

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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A phenomenal non-fiction book and movie recommendation for #blackhistorymonth.

My masters is in forensic psychology so this story is powerful to me. Heartbreaking, motivating, educational and important too. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 for each.

And Michael B. Jordan is my #1 celebrity crush... let's be honest here. He's beautiful to look at. Watch it. Read it.

TiredLibrarian This is a great book. 4mo

LoverOfLearning @TiredLibrarian Yes it is! 4mo

ncsufoxes My son read this in high school & loved it. He took an ethnic literature course for his senior language requirement (this was 3 years ago & it was a pilot class his school in San Diego was testing out). We have a copy that I need to pull & read. 4mo

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LoverOfLearning @ncsufoxes What a great class! I'd love to have taken a class like that! It's a tough read in parts but so important. I listened to the audio! :) 4mo

Jas16 Agree. This is a great book. 4mo

TreenaReads @ncsufoxes 💕🙌🏽 4mo

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Cosmos_Moon_River

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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Eye opening account of the author‘s experience fighting for wrongly convicted and over sentenced people on death row and with life sentences. Even after commuting, years or decades of life has been lost to the prison system with rarely any compensation for the lives damaged. In some cases, innocent people and even children have been executed in American prisons.

Butterfinger Oh, goodness. Children? We do have to change the system. The tagged is about how girls of color are targeted in elementary and middle schools because of the stereotype of being abrasive and loud. There are few ways to escape the hardships, so they get into gangs and prostitution. It was really an eye-opener. All because of how the teachers branded them as trouble.

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

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Cosmos_Moon_River @Butterfinger the world is a sad place, and I wish there was more we could do to make it better, and that others wanted the same. There‘s such a lack of empathy these days. 5mo

TheBookHippie The school to prison pipeline is alive and well… 5mo

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TheBookHippie @Cosmos_Moon_River I‘ve heard him speak it‘s just so layered. He has done amazing work. 5mo

TheBookHippie @Butterfinger they just lowered the age of arresting children to older than six in Florida and many other states a few years ago. 5mo

Butterfinger @TheBookHippie @Cosmos_Moon_River let's continue to be reactive instead of proactive. Schools need more training for SEL in elementary and not worry about tests. It breaks my heart. I know I am preaching to the choir. 5mo

TheBookHippie @Butterfinger I agree. Sigh. 5mo

Cosmos_Moon_River @TheBookHippie so sad. Six year olds do not understand what they are doing and should never be arrested. Investigation into family life would probably be more appropriate and guiding the child with education and love. So sad, and I feel racial disparities are only going to grow with this administration. Continuing to dehumanize the “others”. 5mo

Cosmos_Moon_River I wish I would have been aware of his work before. He has done, and maybe still does, work in my city. @Butterfinger it‘s getting harder and harder to keep up the good fight and stay positive. 5mo

LoverOfLearning A fantastic audiobook and a great movie! 4mo

Cosmos_Moon_River @LoverOfLearning ooh, I didn‘t know it was a movie, too! I‘ll have to look it up. 3mo

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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What a fantastic book. So incredibly endearing and infuriating all at the same time!

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JenniferEgnor

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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The author came into this work knowing what he wanted to do, but he didn‘t realize how hard it would be, or that it would change his life even more than those he served. This book isn‘t just about the work of Equal Justice Initiative; it‘s about how we treat others, and the vision of systems of compassion, instead of systems of oppression. The story of Walter McMillian is featured heavily in this book, but there are also stories of other ⬇️

JenniferEgnor criminalized persons. The author was able to help some of them. Not only did he have to go up against a system of injustice, he had to go up against old hatreds; doing this work in the Deep South was dangerous. America has a problem with mass incarceration, and criminality. This book takes a deep look at the flaws in the system, showing the threads of racism that still hold it together, and asks us to look for another way; asks us to look at⬇️ 12mo

JenniferEgnor and within, the individuals that we are so quick to lock away and kill. This way of doing things is not loving, not sustainable, not just. Another way is possible; we must work to achieve it. Highly recommended read. 12mo

JenniferEgnor Link to the website here: https://eji.org/ 12mo

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Blood and Volts: Edison, Tesla, and the Electric Chair | Th. Metzger

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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This was my favorite from January. It's not something I'd have picked up on my own, but this is why I enjoy trying my hand at the different reading challenges.

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Andrew65 Agree the challenges do get you to new book experiences. 2y

Librarybelle This is such a good book! 2y

Pageturner1 its on my TBR may give it a try 2024 2y

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