In the Shadow of Freedom (Paperback)

Alessandra Harris

ISBN 10: 1626985421 / ISBN 13: 9781626985421

Published by Orbis Books (USA), Maryknoll, 2024

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Paperback. IN THE SHADOW OF FREEDOMThe Enduring Call for Racial Justice Alessandra HarrisUncovers the historical roots and contemporary impacts of anti-Black racism in America directly leading to unjust legislation, police violence, and mass incarceration. Harriss book provides readers with an ethic and religious framework for implementing solutions and advocating for reform. While recent bestselling works like The New Jim Crow and The 1619 Project present in-depth scholarship on the legacy of enslavement, In the Shadow of Freedom uniquely brings together the scholarship, journalism, history, criticism, and legislation to provide what many readers have been seeking: a starting point, an introduction that is both comprehensive and accessible offering readers a compelling examination of the intertwined issues of over-policing, violence, the death penalty, the war on drugs, red-lining, and racial oppression unpacking in clear terms the effects of centuries of anti-Black racism directly leading to mass incarceration.In the Shadow of Freedom is a wake-up call for all people seeking justice and ethical as well as religious -- responses and collective solutions to the systemic racism that continues to plague society. "Content warning: please be advised that in describing historical and recent events, various chapters contain graphic details of violence, lynching, killing, executions, rape, infanticide, police brutality, and torture."--Page viii. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Shadow of Freedom (Paperback)
• Publisher: Orbis Books (USA), Maryknoll
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626985421
• ISBN 13: 9781626985421
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Catholic Media Association Award Winner
1st Place Award for Religion in the Public Square

Uncovers the historical roots and contemporary impacts of anti-Black racism in America directly leading to unjust legislation, police violence, and mass incarceration. Harris’s book provides readers with an ethic and religious framework for implementing solutions and advocating for reform.

While recent bestselling works like The New Jim Crow and The 1619 Project present in-depth scholarship on the legacy of enslavement, In the Shadow of Freedom uniquely brings together the scholarship, journalism, history, criticism, and legislation to provide what many readers have been seeking: a starting point, an introduction that is both comprehensive and accessible offering readers a compelling examination of the intertwined issues of over-policing, violence, the death penalty, the war on drugs, red-lining, and racial oppression unpacking in clear terms the effects of centuries of anti-Black racism directly leading to mass incarceration.

In the Shadow of Freedom is a wake-up call for all people seeking justice and ethical – as well as religious -- responses and collective solutions to the systemic racism that continues to plague society.

About the Author

Alessandra Harris earned her degree in comparative religious and Middle Eastern studies from San Jose State University and began her writing career with an online magazine for the African American Community in the San Francisco Bay area. Harris is a co-founder and former contributor to Black Catholic Messenger. Essayist, analyst, commentator, religion writer, and novelist, her work has also appeared in America, Critical Theology Journal, The Catholic Worker, National Catholic Reporter, and US Catholic.