Better, not bitter : living on purpose in the pursuit of racial justice

Salaam, Yusef, 1974- author.

First edition.

Book

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021.

288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"No one's life is the sum of the worst things that happened to them, and during Yusef Salaam's seven years of wrongful incarceration as one of the Central Park Five, he grew from child to man, and gained a spiritual perspective on life. Yusef learned that we're all 'born on purpose, with a purpose.' ... He inspires readers to accept their own path, to understand their own sense of purpose. With his intimate personal insights, Yusef unpacks the systems built and designed for profit and the oppression of Black and Brown people. He inspires readers to channel their fury into action, and through the spiritual, to turn that anger and trauma into a constructive force that lives alongside accountability and mobilizes change. This memoir is an inspiring story that grew out of one of the gravest miscarriages of justice, one that not only speaks to a moment in time or the rage-filled present, but reflects a 400-year history of a nation's inability to be held accountable for its sins"-- Provided by publisher.

Salaam, Yusef, 1974-

Prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

False imprisonment -- New York (State) -- New York.

Judicial error -- New York (State) -- New York.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- New York (State) -- New York.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.

Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.

Autobiographies.

Introduction: Born on purpose, with a purpose -- The escape -- Master Yusef Salaam -- Before -- 95A1113 -- Elevate and decide in the air -- Love and war -- SALAAM BALONEY! -- The safest man you could ever meet -- The expendability of a people -- A mother's love -- Ignorance as a trillion-dollar industry -- Become an alchemist.

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