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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking May 31
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    Friends, One of the largest prisons in Illinois just banned hundreds of books. Most of them are on race, racism, justice, freedom, & liberation. They even banned "Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington. Let's take ACTION. Listen now to @TheBreakdownhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-42-prisons-ban-books-on-liberation-and-freedom/id1457725100?i=1000440249420 …

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      2. Joshua Zeitz‏Verified account @JoshuaMZeitz Jun 1
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        Not to distract from the larger point, but they banned Booker T. Washington’s “Up From Slavery?” He was a fairly conservative proponent of uplift and accommodation. There’s no way the prison authorities read the book before they banned it. If they did, they didn’t understand it.

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      3. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking Jun 1
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        I think they knew exactly what they were banning, actually.

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      2. Books to Prisoners‏ @B2PSeattle Jun 1
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        It's not just Illinois. @prisonlegalnews obtained a list of prison book bans from New Hampshire DOC. It's only 2 pages, yet includes: Blood in the Water (@hthompsn) Prison Nation (@paulwrightHRDC) Coming Out of Concrete Closets (@BLACKandPINKorg)https://bookriot.com/2019/05/28/new-hampshire-prisons-ban-books/ …

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      3. Books to Prisoners‏ @B2PSeattle Jun 1
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        Prison books bans now happening in Illinois, Arizona, New Hampshire, Washington, Ohio, and more. @prisonlegalnews obtained a list from Kansas DOC this week. It's unbelievable: more than 7,000 books are banned for prisoners. We need help. #StopDOCcensorshiphttps://www.newsweek.com/kansas-prisoners-banned-reading-game-thrones-along-thousands-other-books-1440556 …

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      1. Donna Catalano‏ @dcatalano13 Jun 1
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        Here I thought we were going back to 1947 in our society, I guest I was wrong, it's 1847.

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      1. Dominec  🧙🏿‍♂️‏ @MasterSorcerer3 Jun 1
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        U must understand knowledge is power and when prisoners receive knowledge of their despondent state they will rebel to change it The Michigan Department of Corrections is the same way I spent 15 years there The want to keep them in the cycle recidivism as it provides job security

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      1. skinnygirl2‏ @gailbriggs8 May 31
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        😡😡😡😡😡

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      1. stephen rhymer  ✊ 🆘 🏴‍☠️‏ @stephenrhymer Jun 1
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        Are we back to censoring books? Insanity. Books are treasurers. Books should be read and their content contemplated. Books expand your mind and your consciousness. Banning them says too much bad about those scared of the printed word. #BookCowards

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      1. Nelsonshowers‏ @Nelsonshowers2 Jun 2
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        That sounds unconstitutional .

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      1. AbingdonSquare‏ @SquareAbingdon Jun 6
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        Let’s practice some restorative justice. Every person involved in the decision to ban these books should be assigned to read three of them and earn a passing grade on a book report on each one to be filed in the prison library.

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      1. Nelsonshowers‏ @Nelsonshowers2 Jun 2
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        How are prisoners going to rise up to be a citizen without a choice of topics to read . Who is promoting this .

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      1. Lee Elliot‏ @kendoblack1 May 31
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        I'm all about reading. I would wager many on your podcast have never read UP From Slavery. Many don't know Booker T Washington from Corey Booker or Booker T and the MGS. This is a nanno generation.

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      1. sallycullinan‏ @sallycullinan Jun 2
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