If They Come in the Morning...
Voices of Resistance

I am a criminal defense attorney primarily and almost exclusively. I know personally many incarcerated people. Being a Black woman attorney in Mississippi some may say gives me a unique perspective of the inner workings of the system. What it really gives me is nightmares and sleepless nights, disap......more

You might find it a cliché, but while reading the very first lines, it's Tracy Chapman's song "Talkin' About Revolution" that resonated continuously inside my head: "Don't you know They're talkin' bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper.." (Goosebumps whenever I listen to it, always) [URL not allowed]......more

This collection of essays, letters, poems and notes from 1972 is a fascinating historical record from a period prior to the modern wave of mass incarceration in the USA. It is unavoidably dated in its style and many specifics have changed, but they have changed only for the worse and this writing ha......more

The topics covered under this collection were an interesting read which highlighted the racial injustices that are still present today, 50 years after the first publication. However I don’t think it is the most accessible introduction on the topic. Whilst I liked many of the contributions, particula......more

Very very intense, but a great insight historically and emotionally, into black experiences in America with their prison, judicial, and political systems.......more