Daniel's Staff Picks

Here are some books that staff member Daniel enjoyed reading. Maybe you will too!
 

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1. Becoming abolitionists: police, protests, and the pursuit of freedom

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Author:
Purnell, Derecka
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"Purnell details how multi-racial social movements rooted in rebellion, risk-taking, and revolutionary love pushed her and a generation of activists toward abolition. The book travels across geography and time, and offers lessons that activists have learned from Ferguson to South Africa, from Reconstruction to contemporary protests against police shootings. Here, Purnell argues that police can not be reformed and invites readers to envision new systems...