Back to Blog
Rules of redemption ta white5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Somos Como Las Nubes/We Are Like the Clouds is a moving collection of bilingual free verse poems. ![]() Somos Como Las Nubes/We Are Like the Clouds. Under the laws, Black people also, increasingly, found themselves “relegated to convict leasing camps that were, in many ways, worse than slavery.” If Jim Crow was an effective means of controlling the Black population, then modern mass incarceration, Alexander argues, is its successor. In the years following the Civil War, Southern legislators designed “Jim Crow” laws to thwart the newly emancipated Black population, notably curbing voting rights. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. They offer another perspective and might even inspire us. ![]() Why not use this summer as a time to learn more about social justice and the change each person can make? Books on social justice offer us lessons on social experiences, relationships and aspects of history that are below the surface. Summer is often a time to relax with a good, light novel or four. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |