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02840aam a2200409 i 4500 001 8D412FE8BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240125010040 008 240102s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng d 010 $a oc2024002002 020 $a 0062898493 020 $a 9780062898494 040 $a IMmBT $b eng $c IMmBT $e rda $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a E441 $b .P53 2024 082 04 $a 326.0973 $2 23/eng/20240102 100 1 $a Plant, Deborah G., $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Of greed and glory : $b in pursuit of freedom for all / $c Deborah G. Plant. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2024] 300 $a 384 pages ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American's personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans-including author Deborah Plant's brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America-are deprived of these basic freedoms every day.In her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston's explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir,Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote: "But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people hadsoldme and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory." We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere.An active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with Of Greed and Glory, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Slavery $z United States. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Civil rights. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Civil rights $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 941 $a 7 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012935.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240502011053.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012603.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024630.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314030439.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240202022103.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125012241.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D412FE8BB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search