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As Long As Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Call Number: 970.00497 G396a

ISBN: 9780807073780

Publication Date: 2019

The story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community's rich history of activism
Climate and Environmental Injustice by Gail Terp
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781678203955

Publication Date: 2022
Injustice Against Women by Tammy Gagne
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781678203993

Publication Date: 2022
Racial Injustice by Mary Boone
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781678204013

Publication Date: 2022
They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
Call Number: New Books 305.896 L953t

ISBN: 9780316312479

Publication Date: 2016

A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate, moving portrait of those working to end it.

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