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'The Black Agenda' and 'Solitary' tackle criminal justice reform

NPR's Book of the Day

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Criminal justice is one of the country's biggest and hardest to tackle issues. In a bit we'll hear an interview with alfred woodfox, who spent most of forty three years in solitary confinement at louisiana's angola prison. Anna grifty opoku ajiman has edited a collection of essays under the title the black agenda. Each one holates the work that black scholars have been doing on big, complex issues like climate, education and public policy.

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