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Mob And The Machine, The

White Supremacy, Propaganda, And Police

de James G. Edwards II ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiolibro 4 - The Red Summer Chronicles
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7 hora 25 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Mob spilled the blood. The Machine buried the truth.In The Mob and the Machine: White Supremacy, Propaganda, and Policy, historian James G. Edwards II delivers a searing examination of how racial terror in America was not simply the work of rogue mobs—but a calculated system of violence, silence, and complicity.This powerful narrative unpacks the ... Leer más

$23.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Mob spilled the blood. The Machine buried the truth.In The Mob and the Machine: White Supremacy, Propaganda, and Policy, historian James G. Edwards II delivers a searing examination of how racial terror in America was not simply the work of rogue mobs—but a calculated system of violence, silence, and complicity.This powerful narrative unpacks the
... Leer más
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Women and Leadership

de Deborah L. Rhode ...

Narrado por Jo Anna Perrin ...

Completo

5 hora 45 minutos

In Women and Leadership, the eminent legal scholar Deborah L. Rhode focuses on women's underrepresentation in leadership roles and asks why it persists and what we can do about it. Although organizations generally stand to gain from increasing gender equity in leadership, women's underrepresentation is persistent and pervasive. Rhode explores the reasons, including women's family roles, ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

In Women and Leadership, the eminent legal scholar Deborah L. Rhode focuses on women's underrepresentation in leadership roles and asks why it persists and what we can do about it. Although organizations generally stand to gain from increasing gender equity in leadership, women's underrepresentation is persistent and pervasive. Rhode explores the reasons, including women's family roles,
... Leer más
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He Calls Me By Lightning

The Life of Caliph Washington and the Forgotten Saga of Jim Crow, Southern Justice, and the Death Penalty

de S. Jonathan Bass ...

Narrado por Mirron Willis ...

Completo

13 hora 40 minutos

Caliph Washington's life was never supposed to matter. As a black teenager from the vice-ridden city of Bessemer, Alabama, Washington was wrongfully convicted of killing an Alabama policeman in 1957. Sentenced to death, he came within minutes of the electric chair—nearly a dozen times. A Kafka-esque legal odyssey in which Washington's original conviction was overturned three times before he was ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Caliph Washington's life was never supposed to matter. As a black teenager from the vice-ridden city of Bessemer, Alabama, Washington was wrongfully convicted of killing an Alabama policeman in 1957. Sentenced to death, he came within minutes of the electric chair—nearly a dozen times. A Kafka-esque legal odyssey in which Washington's original conviction was overturned three times before he was
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Red Summer

The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America

de Cameron McWhirter ...

Narrado por L.J. Ganser ...

Completo

12 hora 6 minutos

A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings.After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War.Instead, an unprecedented wave of anti ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings.After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War.Instead, an unprecedented wave of anti
... Leer más
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Hidden Barriers in the Setup

de Sam Oputa ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Mike G ...

Completo

6 hora 5 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Nothing exposed the racism in the societies like the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the hidden racism as the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the racism in the healthcare as the Covid19 did. Nothing, not even all the preachments from times past, exposed the impact of racism on minority’s poor populations as the Covid19 did.What was hidden was exposed. The ... Leer más

$18.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Nothing exposed the racism in the societies like the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the hidden racism as the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the racism in the healthcare as the Covid19 did. Nothing, not even all the preachments from times past, exposed the impact of racism on minority’s poor populations as the Covid19 did.What was hidden was exposed. The
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La gâchette facile

de Hassan Ben Mahomed ...

Narrado por Isidore Amos ...

Completo

6 hora 54 minutos

A 17 ans, lors d un banal contrôle de police, Lahouari Ben Mohamed est assassiné à bout portant par l un des agents. « - « Monsieur, nous avons des hommes à nous à la prison des Baumettes où est incarcéré l assassin de votre fils. Si vous le souhaitez, monsieur, ce soir il est mort. Nous vous rendrons justice. - « Non, je ne veux pas. La Justice fera son travail. » Verdict : 10 mois d ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

A 17 ans, lors d un banal contrôle de police, Lahouari Ben Mohamed est assassiné à bout portant par l un des agents. « - « Monsieur, nous avons des hommes à nous à la prison des Baumettes où est incarcéré l assassin de votre fils. Si vous le souhaitez, monsieur, ce soir il est mort. Nous vous rendrons justice. - « Non, je ne veux pas. La Justice fera son travail. » Verdict : 10 mois d
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The Black and the Blue

A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America¿s Law Enforcement

de Matthew Horace, Ron Harris ...

Narrado por Matthew Horace ...

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9 hora 29 minutos

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his service- when Horace found himself face down on the ground ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his service- when Horace found himself face down on the ground
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Get Off My Neck

Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform

de Debbie Hines ...

Narrado por Karen Chilton ...

Completo

8 hora 8 minutos

In Get Off My Neck, Debbie Hines draws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer, former Baltimore prosecutor, and assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland to argue that US prosecutors, as the most powerful players in the criminal justice system, systematically target and criminalize Black people. Hines describes her disillusionment as a young Black woman who initially entered the ... Leer más

$20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In Get Off My Neck, Debbie Hines draws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer, former Baltimore prosecutor, and assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland to argue that US prosecutors, as the most powerful players in the criminal justice system, systematically target and criminalize Black people. Hines describes her disillusionment as a young Black woman who initially entered the
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Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free

And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System

de Jed S. Rakoff ...

Narrado por Joe Barrett ...

Completo

5 hora 5 minutos

How can we be proud of a system of justice that often pressures the innocent to plead guilty? How can we claim that justice is equal when we imprison thousands of poor Black men for relatively modest crimes but rarely prosecute rich white executives who commit crimes having far greater impact? How can we applaud the Supreme Court's ever-more-limited view of its duty to combat excesses by the ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

How can we be proud of a system of justice that often pressures the innocent to plead guilty? How can we claim that justice is equal when we imprison thousands of poor Black men for relatively modest crimes but rarely prosecute rich white executives who commit crimes having far greater impact? How can we applaud the Supreme Court's ever-more-limited view of its duty to combat excesses by the
... Leer más
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Inspirational Quotes: Ways to Get Motivated, Avoid Procrastination, and Achieve Happiness: Special Edition Vol. 1

de Montice Harmon ...

Narrado por Montice Harmon ...

Completo

49 minutos

Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and
... Leer más
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Beyond Innocence

The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt

de Phoebe Zerwick ...

Narrado por Sean Crisden ...

Completo

9 hora 3 minutos

In June 1985, a young Black man named Darryl Hunt was falsely convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a white copyeditor at the local paper. Many in the community believed him innocent and crusaded for his release. Finally, in 2003, the tireless efforts of his attorney combined with an award-winning series of articles by Phoebe Zerwick in the Winston-Salem Journal led ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

In June 1985, a young Black man named Darryl Hunt was falsely convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a white copyeditor at the local paper. Many in the community believed him innocent and crusaded for his release. Finally, in 2003, the tireless efforts of his attorney combined with an award-winning series of articles by Phoebe Zerwick in the Winston-Salem Journal led
... Leer más
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The Affirmative Action Puzzle

A Living History from Reconstruction to Today

de Melvin I. Urofsky ...

Narrado por Dan Woren ...

Completo

21 hora 36 minutos

A rich, multifaceted history of affirmative action from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 through today’s tumultuous timesFrom acclaimed legal historian, author of a biography of Louis Brandeis (“Remarkable” —Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books, “Definitive”—Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic) and Dissent and the Supreme Court (“Riveting”—Dahlia Lithwick, The New York Times Book Review), a history ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

A rich, multifaceted history of affirmative action from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 through today’s tumultuous timesFrom acclaimed legal historian, author of a biography of Louis Brandeis (“Remarkable” —Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books, “Definitive”—Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic) and Dissent and the Supreme Court (“Riveting”—Dahlia Lithwick, The New York Times Book Review), a history
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The End of Policing

de Alex S. Vitale ...

Narrado por Michael Butler Murray ...

Completo

8 hora 17 minutos

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed: ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed:
... Leer más
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The Color of Money

Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

de Mehrsa Baradaran ...

Narrado por Lisa Reneé Pitts ...

Completo

15 hora 10 minutos

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States’ total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.The catch-22 of black banking is that the very ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States’ total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.The catch-22 of black banking is that the very
... Leer más
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In Their Names

The Untold Story of Victims' Rights, Mass Incarceration, and the Future of Public Safety

de Lenore Anderson ...

Narrado por Misty Monroe ...

Completo

10 hora 50 minutos

When twenty-six-year-old recent college graduate Aswad Thomas was days away from starting a professional basketball career in 2009, he was shot twice while buying juice at a convenience store. The trauma left him in excruciating pain, with mounting medical debt, and struggling to cope with deep anxiety and fear. That was the same year the national incarceration rate peaked. Yet, despite thousands ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

When twenty-six-year-old recent college graduate Aswad Thomas was days away from starting a professional basketball career in 2009, he was shot twice while buying juice at a convenience store. The trauma left him in excruciating pain, with mounting medical debt, and struggling to cope with deep anxiety and fear. That was the same year the national incarceration rate peaked. Yet, despite thousands
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And Yet They Persisted

How American Women Won the Right to Vote

de Johanna Neuman ...

Narrado por Tanya Eby ...

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10 hora 25 minutos

In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women's suffrage into the metanarrative of US history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as:● Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

In this sweeping history, author Johanna Neuman demonstrates that American women defeated the male patriarchy only after they convinced men that it was in their interests to share political power. Reintegrating the long struggle for the women's suffrage into the metanarrative of US history, Dr. Neuman sheds new light on such questions as:● Why it took so long to achieve equal voting rights for
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Blue-Coated Terror

Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality

de Jeffrey S. Adler ...

Narrado por Arnell Powell ...

Completo

7 hora 42 minutos

A searing chronicle of how racist violence became an ingrained facet of policing in the United StatesContrary to competing popular beliefs, police violence against African Americans has neither remained unchanged since the era of slavery nor is it a recent phenomenon disconnected from the past. In Bluecoated Terror, Jeffrey S. Adler draws on rich archival accounts to show how racialized police ... Leer más

$20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A searing chronicle of how racist violence became an ingrained facet of policing in the United StatesContrary to competing popular beliefs, police violence against African Americans has neither remained unchanged since the era of slavery nor is it a recent phenomenon disconnected from the past. In Bluecoated Terror, Jeffrey S. Adler draws on rich archival accounts to show how racialized police
... Leer más
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Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic

Atheists in American Public Life

de R. Laurence Moore, Isaac Kramnick ...

Narrado por Matthew Boston ...

Completo

9 hora 2 minutos

From colonial times into the twentieth century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Americans came to associate atheism with radical social philosophies that advocated violence—especially anarchism and communism. Avowed nonbelievers were derided, even the famous patriot Thomas Paine. Only in the twentieth century, with the passage of laws ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

From colonial times into the twentieth century, our laws and court cases ignored atheism, assuming that all good Americans were religious. Americans came to associate atheism with radical social philosophies that advocated violence—especially anarchism and communism. Avowed nonbelievers were derided, even the famous patriot Thomas Paine. Only in the twentieth century, with the passage of laws
... Leer más
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The Criminal Record Complex

Risk, Race, and the Struggle for Work in America

de Melissa Burch ...

Narrado por Bill Andrew Quinn ...

Completo

7 hora 42 minutos

Most employers in the United States routinely conduct criminal background checks on job applicants, weeding out those with criminal convictions. In this powerful analysis, Melissa Burch sheds light on one of the most significant forces of social and economic marginalization of our time—discrimination on the basis of criminal records. Chronicling the daily interactions of hiring managers, workforce ... Leer más

$20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Most employers in the United States routinely conduct criminal background checks on job applicants, weeding out those with criminal convictions. In this powerful analysis, Melissa Burch sheds light on one of the most significant forces of social and economic marginalization of our time—discrimination on the basis of criminal records. Chronicling the daily interactions of hiring managers, workforce
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To hell and back - A Policewoman's story

de Carolyn Pethick ...

Narrado por Molly Pethick ...

Completo

4 hora 28 minutos

Carolyn Pethick joins the police academy at the age of 21, having always wanted to be a police officer her whole life. She completes her training and does well, and is then assigned to the Victoria Police Station. Here she soon finds out, as a woman, the other police officers, the men, are not eager to work with her.She is sent back and further between various departments, as the men play around ... Leer más

$10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Carolyn Pethick joins the police academy at the age of 21, having always wanted to be a police officer her whole life. She completes her training and does well, and is then assigned to the Victoria Police Station. Here she soon finds out, as a woman, the other police officers, the men, are not eager to work with her.She is sent back and further between various departments, as the men play around
... Leer más
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The Fall of Affirmative Action

Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education

de Justin Driver ...

Narrado por Frits Zernike ...

Completo

6 hora 25 minutos

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceFor decades, affirmative action reshaped not just American higher education but the broader society, opening doors that had been closed for centuries and transforming who entered the pathways to power. But the Supreme Court in 2023 killed affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a decision hailed by the right as a triumph of ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceFor decades, affirmative action reshaped not just American higher education but the broader society, opening doors that had been closed for centuries and transforming who entered the pathways to power. But the Supreme Court in 2023 killed affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a decision hailed by the right as a triumph of
... Leer más
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Anatomy of Injustice

A Murder Case Gone Wrong

de Raymond Bonner ...

Narrado por Mark Bramhall ...

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11 hora 11 minutos

From Pulitzer Prize winner Raymond Bonner comes the gripping story of a grievously mishandled murder case that put a twenty-three-year-old man on death row. In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

From Pulitzer Prize winner Raymond Bonner comes the gripping story of a grievously mishandled murder case that put a twenty-three-year-old man on death row. In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His
... Leer más
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Sexism

The Persistent Struggle for Gender Equality Across the World

de Marcus Kline ...

Narrado por Sarah Donovan ...

Completo

3 hora 7 minutos

Sexism, a deeply entrenched social issue, has been pervasive throughout human history, shaping the experiences of individuals and communities across the globe. At its core, sexism refers to the belief that one gender is superior to another, typically manifesting in the unequal treatment and opportunities given to individuals based on their gender. While this issue affects all genders, it is most ... Leer más

$5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Sexism, a deeply entrenched social issue, has been pervasive throughout human history, shaping the experiences of individuals and communities across the globe. At its core, sexism refers to the belief that one gender is superior to another, typically manifesting in the unequal treatment and opportunities given to individuals based on their gender. While this issue affects all genders, it is most
... Leer más
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White Rage

The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

de Carol Anderson, Ph.D. ...

Narrado por Veronique Olin ...

Completo

6 hora 55 minutos

Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, read by Veronique OlinTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress.Since the abolishment of slavery in 1865, every time African Americans have made advances towards full ... Leer más

$22.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents White Rage by Carol Anderson, read by Veronique OlinTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage reframes the continuing conversation about race in America, chronicling the history of the powerful forces opposed to black progress.Since the abolishment of slavery in 1865, every time African Americans have made advances towards full
... Leer más

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