The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Book)

by Michelle Alexander

From The New Jim Crow website: Civil Rights Lawyer, Advocate, and Legal Scholar Michelle Alexander "shows that by targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness."

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Book and Film)

by Bryan Stevenson

From the Equal Justice Initiative website: Just Mercy is the "unforgettable story of Bryan Stevenson and the case of Walter McMillian, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit." The film is free to watch on all digital platforms through the month of June. (Click the link above.)

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (Book and Film)

by Monique Morris

From The New Press Website: “A powerful indictment of the cultural beliefs, policies, and practices that criminalize and dehumanize Black girls in America, coupled with thoughtful analysis and critique of the justice work that must be done at the intersection of race and gender.”

—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow