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This stops today : Eric Garner's mother seeks justice after losing her son / Gwen Carr, with Dave Smitherman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Carr, Gwen, author.
Smitherman, Dave, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Carr, Gwen.
Mothers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Mothers.
Police brutality--New York (State)--New York.
Police brutality.
Police misconduct--New York (State)--New York.
Police misconduct.
Social justice--New York (State)--New York.
Social justice.
New York (State)--New York.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
xv, 200 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Eric Garner's mother seeks justice after losing her son
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
Summary:
Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, shares the tragedies she's faced, recalls her son's life and death, and recounts her newfound role as an activist in the fight for racial equality. -- Adapted from book jacket.
Contents:
South Brooklyn
Finding strength
My son can't breathe
The chokehold
Rallying cry
Photospread
The mothers of the movement
The royal treatment
Putting hope in Hillary
Mother to mother
The unplanned activist
A letter to my son
Acknowledgments
Index
About the author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Carr, Gwen, author. This stops today
ISBN:
9781538109809
1538109808
OCLC:
1044771974

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