Fiction
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Movies about Death Row/Mass Incarceration
Dead Man Walking, 1995 (available to watch for free on Pluto.tv)
The Green Mile, 1999 (available on Amazon Prime)
The Life of David Gale, 2003 (available on Amazon Prime)
Too Close to the Flame: With the Condemned Inside the Southern Killing Machine by Joseph B. Ingle
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration by Benjamin Weber
A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a Nation by Mary Looman, John Carl, and John D. Carl
Additional Recommended Reading
Join us on August 26th in the Parish Hall and on Zoom B, as we discuss the third book in our Summer Reading Program:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
This book takes an in-depth look at the mass incarceration of black men. It is a jarring, intricate look into one of the most urgent human rights crises of our time: mass incarceration. Join us and discuss how Reagan’s "War on Drugs" was actually a war on black America.
Summer Reading Program
A Glimpse Into The Black Experience in the United States
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