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Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History

Walter Mosley

Slavery was outlawed in this country more than a century ago, yet, Mosley maintains, we still are in chains, shackled by a system that values money over humanity, power over truth, conformity over creativity. In this call-to-arms, Mosley uses the African-American experience as a jumping off point and argues that though the chains might be more recognizable in the lives of blacks, the same chains restrain us all.

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