The Resource Center Library of the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia contains over books, DVDs, kits, curricula, program guides, CD’s, interactive software and study helps all intended to enhance the programs of our area churches and the daily walks of our church members. Whether it’s devotional reading, program ideas, class curriculum, college and seminary information, Bible commentaries, study aids, or maybe a moveable labyrinth or some adorable puppets, the Resource Center can offer options and assistance!
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| Resource: |
Book (BKS01212) Nobody
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| Author: |
Lamont Hill,Marc |
| Publisher: |
Atria Simon & Schuster Inc., 2017 |
| Vendor: |
Amazon |
| Length: |
250 pages |
| Heading: |
S-01 — SOCIAL WITNESS / Social Witness General
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| Subjects: |
Social Justice; SOCIAL WITNESS/Civil Rights; SOCIAL WITNESS/Social Witness General |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781501124945
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| Description: |
In this “thought-provoking and important” (Library Journal) analysis of state-sanctioned violence, Marc Lamont Hill carefully considers a string of high-profile deaths in America—Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and others—and incidents of gross negligence by government, such as the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. He digs underneath these events to uncover patterns and policies of authority that allow some citizens become disempowered, disenfranchised, poor, uneducated, exploited, vulnerable, and disposable. To help us understand the plight of vulnerable communities, he examines the effects of unfettered capitalism, mass incarceration, and political power while urging us to consider a new world in which everyone has a chance to become somebody. Heralded as an essential text for our times, Marc Lamont Hill’s galvanizing work embodies the best traditions of scholarship, journalism, and storytelling to lift unheard voices and to address the necessary question, “how did we get here? |
| Materials: |
one book |
| Age Groups: |
Young Adult; Adult (30-55); Adult (55+)
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