And they hope their book will inspire readers to consider a society where jails arent necessary.

There are places on this planet where prisons dont exist.

There are cities in India where there are no handcuffs.

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Credit: William Farrington for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

She believes that being caged exacerbated his mental issues and compounded them with PTSD.

The only intervention he ever received was prisons.

The two activists also discussed gender justice, which stresses the importance of not devaluing the leadership of women.

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There is still this overwhelming discourse about wanting black male leadership, she said.

And we have to stop that.

When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoiris currently availablehere.

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William Farrington for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture