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Author:
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author
Title:
Abolition. Volume I : politics, practices, promises / Angela Y. Davis.
Publisher:
Haymarket Books,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
xvi, 280 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Prison abolition movements--United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment--United States.
African Americans--History.--History.
African Americans--Violence against.
African American women political activists.
Racial profiling in law enforcement.
Police corruption.
Feminism.
Imprisonment.
Racism.
United States--Race relations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-272) and index.
Summary:
" . . brings together an essential collection of [Angela Y.] Davis's writing over the years, showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation. In pieces that address the history of abolitionist practice and thought in the United States and globally, the unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles, and stories and lessons of organizing inside and beyond the prison walls, Davis is always curious, always incisive, and always learning"--Publisher.
ISBN:
1642599646
9781642599640
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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