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Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This New York Times -bestselling memoir about an African American man's struggles and triumphs is "heartrending and beautiful" (Junot Diaz Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ). A Today Show Book Club selection, Raising Fences tells the story of a man whose youth was spent committing petty crimes, experimenting with sex, and developing a mortal fear of police. Like many young black men, Michael Datcher's childhood...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy--from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing--telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. The events of that day are now tragically familiar:...
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