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Ten Lives, Ten Demands by Solomon Jones
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Jan 10, 2023 | ISBN 9780807007297

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Praise

“Jones is a naturally compelling writer . . . A persuasive, neatly packaged Black Lives Matter primer.”
Kirkus Reviews

“A brisk and impassioned call for America to ‘right the wrongs of a past that is littered with laws meant to subjugate African Americans.’ This cri de coeur rings loud and true.”
Publishers Weekly

Table Of Contents

PREFACE
Black in the System

1
George Floyd
Why We Demand Reparations

2
Michael Brown
The Case for Consent Decrees

3
Hassan Bennett
The Case for Compensation

4
Breonna Taylor
The Case for Body Cameras

4
Eric Garner
The Case for Public Records

6
Alton Sterling
The Case for Changing Federal Law

7
Tamir Rice
The Case for Independent Prosecutors

8
Trayvon Martin
The Case for Stand-Your-Ground Laws

9
Deborah Danner
The Case for Defunding the Police

10
Sandra Bland
The Case for Ending Racial Profiling

EPILOGUE

Acknowledgments
Notes

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