Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating For Justice That Restores by Dominique DuBois Gilliard (Format used for this read: Print–paperback) In 2017, I watched a documentary that completely changed the way I viewed our prison system as well as our criminal justice system as a whole. That documentary was “13th” by Ava Duvernay. When I tell yall that…
Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth & Justice after Serial by Rabia Chaudry (Format for this read: Audiobook) If you were a fan of the podcast “Serial”, you have GOT to read this book. Seriously y’all. YOU HAVE GOT TO. Sooooo much more is revealed about Adnan and his life and his story and YOU…
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I first learned about Anthony Ray Hinton’s story when reading the book “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. (If you haven’t read that book you absolutely MUST. It will break your heart in ways it needs…
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I SUPER DUPER highly recommend this book I just finished. Here is a summary: “Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink…