Just Mercy appears in 9 book lists

By Bryan Stevenson,

Just Mercy appears in 9 book lists on Shepherd.

My favorite books to understand the role of race and poverty in the criminal justice system

Book cover of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America Book cover of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America Book cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of The Fear of Too Much Justice: How Race and Poverty Undermine Fairness in the Criminal Courts

My favorite books on social justice and the need for transformative change

Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence Book cover of Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure Book cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Book cover of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

My favorite books on champions for racial justice

Book cover of Aya: An Anthology of Racial Justice, Healing and the Black Experience Book cover of Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Book cover of How to Be an Antiracist Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of General Harriet Tubman

My favorite books with stories for and about children of incarcerated parents

Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook Book cover of My Brother Is Away Book cover of Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me

My favorite books to understand the human toll of the criminal justice system

Book cover of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing Book cover of Corrections in Ink: A Memoir Book cover of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

My favorite books on how those who differ from the norm are treated by society

Book cover of Humans of New York Book cover of The Guncle Book cover of One Thousand White Women Book cover of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

My favorite books including true stories with meaning and power

Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System Book cover of Reporter: A Memoir Book cover of Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt Book cover of Until I Could Be Sure: How I Stopped the Death Penalty in Illinois

My favorite books featuring trail-blazing lawyers passionately fighting for social justice

Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Book cover of Rage Book cover of Streetfighter in the Courtroom: The People's Advocate Book cover of The Relevant Lawyers: Conversations Out of Court on Their Clients, Practice, Politics and Life Style

My favorite books about the criminal industrial complex

Book cover of Man’s Search for Meaning Book cover of Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Book cover of The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America Book cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

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