Striving for Justice
A Memoir of a Black Sheriff in the Deep South
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The first Black man to become sheriff of a major city in the Deep South after Reconstruction, STRIVING FOR JUSTICE is the story of how a poor Black boy grew up in segregated Jacksonville, Florida, survived a violent racist attack by the Ku Klux Klan, and advanced through a blatantly prejudiced police force in the 1960s to become a national leader of police reform in America, who, as President Clinton recognized, broke down barriers, and whose innovative policing reforms created greater respect between citizens and police, lower crime, and safer neighborhoods.
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Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings was known for saying, “We’re better than this.” He said it in Baltimore, a city on the verge of explosion over police treatment of citizens. He said it in Congress when microphones were shut down, barring free speech. He said it when the president flaunted his power and ignored the Constitution. He said it when the president resorted to bullying, name-calling, and feeding racial divisions. We are better than this. He continued to say it until his final days last October.
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The most inspiring piece of work I’ve heard in my adult life.
- De Jaraun en 01-29-21
De: Elijah Cummings, y otros
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Disintegration
- The Splintering of Black America
- De: Eugene Robinson
- Narrado por: Alan Bomar Jones
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
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The African American population in the United States has always been seen as a single entity: a "Black America" with unified interests and needs. In his groundbreaking book Disintegration, longtime Washington Post journalist Eugene Robinson argues that, through decades of desegregation, affirmative action, and immigration, the concept of Black America has shattered.
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Written for Popular Consumption
- De Catherine S. Read en 06-03-11
De: Eugene Robinson
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My Vanishing Country
- A Memoir
- De: Bakari Sellers
- Narrado por: Bakari Sellers
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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What J. D. Vance did for Appalachia with Hillbilly Elegy, CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history Bakari Sellers does for the rural South, in this important book that illuminates the lives of America’s forgotten Black working-class men and women. Part memoir, part historical and cultural analysis, My Vanishing Country is an eye-opening journey through the South's past, present, and future.
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What America Needs NOW!!!
- De Unknown en 05-22-20
De: Bakari Sellers
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Beyond the Messy Truth
- How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
- De: Van Jones
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
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In Beyond the Messy Truth, Jones offers a blueprint for transforming our collective anxiety into meaningful change. Tough on Donald Trump but showing respect and empathy for his supporters, Jones takes aim at the failures of both parties before and after Trump's victory. He urges both sides to abandon the politics of accusation and focus on real solutions. Calling us to a deeper patriotism, he shows us how to get down to the vital business of solving, together, some of our toughest problems.
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I never hated anyone before
- De Joanna Bugajska en 11-17-17
De: Van Jones
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Viral Justice
- How We Grow the World We Want
- De: Ruha Benjamin
- Narrado por: Ruha Benjamin
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
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Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.
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Fantastic book!
- De Avie Kearney en 05-21-23
De: Ruha Benjamin
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Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr
- De: Michael Vinson Williams
- Narrado por: Brandon Church
- Duración: 19 h y 17 m
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This biography of a seminal civil rights leader draws on personal interviews from Myrlie Evers-Williams (Evers's widow), his two remaining siblings, friends, grade-school-to-college schoolmates, and fellow activists to elucidate Evers as an individual, leader, husband, brother, and father. Extensive archival work in the Evers Papers, the NAACP Papers, oral history collections, FBI files, Citizen Council collections, and the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Papers, to list a few, provides a detailed account of Evers's NAACP work and more.
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Incredible Narration
- De Estella Owoimaha en 10-02-17
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The Book of Gutsy Women
- De: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton
- Narrado por: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.
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More encyclopedia than book
- De Fountain of Chris en 10-09-19
De: Hillary Rodham Clinton, y otros
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Boom!
- Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
- De: Tom Brokaw
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 18 h y 16 m
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Boom! One minute it was Ike and the man in the grey flannel suit, and the next minute it was time to "turn on, tune in, drop out". While Americans were walking on the moon, Americans were dying in Vietnam. Nothing was beyond question, and there were far fewer answers than before.
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boring survey of a generation
- De Andy en 01-01-08
De: Tom Brokaw
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Fight Like a Mother
- How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World
- De: Shannon Watts
- Narrado por: Shannon Watts
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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Fight Like a Mother is the incredible account how one mother’s cry for change became the driving force behind gun-safety progress. Along with stories of perseverance, courage, and compassion, Watts shines a light on the unique power of women - starting with what they have, leading with their maternal strengths, and doubling down instead of backing down.
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Wow!
- De Joy McManus en 06-24-19
De: Shannon Watts
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The Prize
- Who's in Charge of America's Schools?
- De: Dale Russakoff
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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When Mark Zuckerberg announced in front of a cheering Oprah audience his $100 million pledge to transform the Newark Schools - and to solve the education crisis in every city in America - it looked like a huge win for then-mayor Cory Booker and governor Chris Christie. But their plans soon ran into a constituency not so easily moved - Newark's key education players, fiercely protective of their billion-dollar-per-annum system.
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Well-researched - Provides Good Answers
- De Denyse en 01-11-16
De: Dale Russakoff