Cicely Lewis - Mass Incarceration, Black Men, and the Fight for Justice
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Read Woke Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.
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each other letters. One day, though, I got angry. Ashamed to tell people
where my father was, seeing my mother struggle to pay billsI felt
betrayed by him. I decided I wasnt going to write him anymore.
on with my life. But when I stumbled
upon a book about mass incarceration, I
developed a new understanding. I realized
that my father needed rehabilitation, not
imprisonment. My father was a victim.
My father told me that he had wanted to
reach out to me and that he had prayed
for this day to come. My twelve-year-old
son cried because he couldnt imagine
not being able to see his father daily.
Seeing him cry made me relive the pain
and sadness that I had buried.
a family from the pain my family has suffered. I hope it helps you as a
reader to better understand the effects of mass incarceration.
eventually formed the basis of new laws.
LIFE FOR A CRIME YOU DIDNT COMMIT.
to study the law and win your freedom. Along the way, you
successfully work to overturn the convictions of over twenty
other inmates.
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He studied law
in prison and oversaw his own appeal. Years later, Curtis
Wrights story to the screen. The series For Life debuted on
ABC in February 2020. It aimed to raise awareness about
inequalities in the criminal justice system. Sadly, Wrights
story is true for many Black men in Americaand many do
not have a Hollywood ending. Black men have the highest
incarceration rate of any group in the US.
rate of white men. Black women are incarcerated
at nearly twice the rate of white women.
TO PRISON
TO PRISON
than white men, and receive longer prison sentences.
RATES THAN ARE WHITE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
white people do. But structural racism plays a large role in
who is charged with crimes, who is convicted, and how long
someones sentence is.
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