C.O.
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The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13,895
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,285
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12,227
From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
- The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
fricken amazing
Reviewed: 12-03-22
like sitting in your TeTe's kitchen listening to the grown folk reminisce on the before times. the author did a great job retelling these stories and effectively uniting sing voices into a powerful chorus. 👏🏿 🙌🏿 ❤️.
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Becoming Abolitionists
- Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom
- By: Derecka Purnell
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 142
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Story5 out of 5 stars 142
For more than a century, activists in the United States have tried to reform the police. From community policing initiatives to increasing diversity, none of it has stopped the police from killing about three people a day. Millions of people continue to protest police violence because these “solutions” do not match the problem: The police cannot be reformed. In Becoming Abolitionists, Purnell draws from her experiences as a lawyer, writer, and organizer initially skeptical about police abolition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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highly recommended
- By C.O. on 12-17-21
- Becoming Abolitionists
- Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom
- By: Derecka Purnell
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
highly recommended
Reviewed: 12-17-21
great book for the newbies who want communities to operate without the cops. this book does a great job of connecting capitalism, ableism, patriarchy, etc to the need to eradicate current systems of oppression and reinvent them in new "people first" ways.
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