Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda, Black people are subjected to unjustifiable racial profiling and police brutality. For Patrisse, the most vulnerable people in the country are Black people. Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. This book is a must-read for all of us." - Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim CrowĪ poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America-and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free. "This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. O, Oprah’s Magazine’s “10 Titles to Pick Up Now.” TIME Magazine's "Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far."
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