
AmerICAN'T BREATHE
Red, White, Blue, Black Lives, and Unmasking Race in America
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Eddie Connor
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Eddie Connor
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Radical, relevant, revolutionary, riveting - AmerICAN'T BREATHE is the book that all Americans who care about the crisis in this country, race relations, and next steps for this nation will want to listen to!
In a polarizing time of social unrest and a nation gasping for change, AmerICAN'T BREATHE injects politics, prose, and prophecy into its narration.
In the spectrum of red, White, blue, and Black lives, this book breathes life into listeners caught in the chasm of race in America. Provocative, personal, and poignant. Dr. Eddie Connor renders redress to the social construct of society, amplifying a clarion call for systemic change.
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