Shaun King Discusses Books Banned from Illinois Prisons

Written By Marsheda Ewulomi
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Listen in as Shaun King discusses Illinois’ banning of over 200 books in prison libraries, including those about race, justice, freedom, and liberation, on his podcast The Breakdown. In Ep. 42 - Prisons Ban Books on Liberation and Freedom, King calls on his listeners to “fight back against a decision that furthers the cycle of oppression in our system of mass incarceration.”

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