{"product_id":"of-greed-and-glory-in-pursuit-of-freedom-for-all-1","title":"Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Much like the work of Michelle Alexander and Douglas Blackmon, Plant’s narrative traces connections among slavery, the Jim Crow regime and modern mass incarceration.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBarracoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American’s personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans—including author Deborah Plant’s brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America—are deprived of these basic freedoms every day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston’s explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDust Tracks on a Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Hurston wrote: “But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people had \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003esold\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eme and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory.” We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOf Greed and Glory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deborah G. Plant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45497225543856,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/81wRfLHZd2L._SL1500.jpg?v=1785590666","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/of-greed-and-glory-in-pursuit-of-freedom-for-all-1","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}