Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom

Derecka Purnell

320 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter the call for the abolition of the police became a central demand for the movement. In this extraordinary, revelatory memoir, Derecka Purnell recounts her own p...

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