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2017 selection · Nonfiction
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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