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Legacy, Gerard Lawless

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Essay on Black Freedom Struggle; Black Music (spirituals, protest songs); Civil Rights Movement; Black Panthers

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Social Justice Autobiography, Javar Hollins

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Social Justice essay on Jim Crow South; crack epidemic; inter-racial cooperation

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Social Justice Autobiography, Troy Glover

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Social Justice autobiography on Social Justice; Racial consciousness; racial shame; racial disparity; white privilege

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Her Story In Black (Matters), Kavan Garrison

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Novel on US Politics; Healthcare; COVID; Families/Children of the Incarceratd; Lawyers; Mental Health; Immigration; Prison life (gangs, violence, medical care/neglect); Rehabilitation; Activism/Reform

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Soul Of One King, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Poem on Religion; Black history; Black liberation; Reform

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My Soul's Awakening, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Poem on Religion; Mental Health

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Myriad's Domination, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Poem on Creativity; Identity; Deception; Loneliness

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Wearied Form, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Poem on Mental health; Self-consciousness

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Ethereal Plan, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Poem on Religion; Prophecy

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Bandit Of Truth, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Poem on Religion; Violence; Divine retribution

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Lost In Time, Keefus Flax

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Poem on Prison life; Despair; Popular culture (music)

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Social Justice Autobiography, Leon Fields

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Social Justice Autobiography, Dewitt Faulkner

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Social Justice autobiography on: LA Riots; Rodney King; Gangs; racial violence; police brutality; criminal justice system; Wisconsin; Truth-in-Sentencing; Black history; Sharecropping.

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Invisible Me, Rashad El

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Poem on Race, Protest, Historical Memory (Black Freedom Struggle); Immigration; popular culture (books, film); Religion/Morality

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The Monster In The Closet (Collectively, The Essays), Chanelle Burnett

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Creative Essays on Women prisoners; Humane treatment; Social Justice; Health care; Criminal Justice; Rehabilitation; Reform; Hypocrisy

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Social Justice Autobiography, Chanelle Burnett

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Social Justice Autobiography on: Women prisoners; Humane treatment; Social Justice; Health care; Criminal Justice; Rehabilitation; Reform; Hypocrisy

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Department Of Corruption, Rashad El

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Poem on Prison Life, Mental Health; Rehabilitation; Policing; Sentencing; Popular culture (film)

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First Week Out..., Rashad El

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Poem on Re-entry, Rehabilitation; Drugs; Mental Health; Popular culture (Music); Religion/Morality

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Dear Black People, Timothy Brown

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Critical Satirical essay on: Black Capitalism; Black Power; Black nationalism; slavery; colonialism; capitalism; Sojurner Truth; Harriet Tubman; Marvin Delaney; Mary McCloud Bethune

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I Object, Douglas E'Vonne Dawkins

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Poetry on social justice; criminal justice system; policing; systemic racism, Black genocide;

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Legacy, Gerard Lawless

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice Autobiography, Javar Hollins

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice Autobiography, Troy Glover

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Her Story In Black (Matters), Kavan Garrison

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Soul Of One King, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

My Soul's Awakening, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Myriad's Domination, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Wearied Form, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Ethereal Plan, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Bandit Of Truth, Ramsceair Jacques Flemmings

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Lost In Time, Keefus Flax

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Social Justice Autobiography, Leon Fields

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Social Justice Autobiography, Dewitt Faulkner

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Invisible Me, Rashad El

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The Monster In The Closet (Collectively, The Essays), Chanelle Burnett

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Social Justice Autobiography, Chanelle Burnett

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Department Of Corruption, Rashad El

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First Week Out..., Rashad El

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Dear Black People, Timothy Brown

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I Object, Douglas E'Vonne Dawkins

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