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"Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black. She felt their eyes, all those executioners… Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a...
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Black History Nonfiction
NYT - Politics and American History
NYT - Race and Civil Rights
Understanding Racism
NYT - Politics and American History
NYT - Race and Civil Rights
Understanding Racism
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"As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status - much like their grandparents before them." "In this incisive critique, former...
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Knopf
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[1995]
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English
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Tells the history of the Bosket family and how the pattern of violence that has followed them for generations had its roots in the rural South in slavery days. Focuses on Butch, the only person to earn a Ph.D. in prison, and his son, Willie, a murderer with a genius level IQ.
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