Bettie's Pages Challenge Your Shelf 2023 - hosted by sshelbyreadss

February - D.A.R.E. to Resist Racism
The War on Drugs escalated during the Reagan administration resulting in the single largest explosion in prison population in the United States. Predominantly hitting the Black and Brown communities hardest. At the same time it did nothing to actually treat or reduce addiction.

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Drugs: America's Holy War by Arthur Benavie

Drugs: America's Holy War

Arthur Benavie

178 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

158 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
This Is My America by Kim Johnson

This Is My America

Kim Johnson

416 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

Brittany K. Barnett

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
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