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Author Anita Wills announces release of book, A Nation of Flaws JustUs in the Homeland

by Anita L Wills (ntawls [at] gmail.com)
Author Anita Wills announces the release of her book, A Nation of Flaws JustUs in the Homeland. The book is an indepth look at the state of the American Justice System and its treatment of African Americans.
Anita Wills Announces the release of her ​F​ifth Book, A Nation of Flaws JustUs in the Homeland. The book is an ​examination of America’s ​Judicial​ System and its treatment of African Americans and other Minorities

Anita Wills, Author of A Nation of Flaws JustUs in the Homeland, confronts the American Justice System from its inception to the present day. The book looks at the history of America, beginning with the Colonization of the Americas. The unequal legal system was written to keep Natives and slaves in check and did not apply to the White Males.

The Author connects police killings of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans to laws and attitudes that date to Colonization. During that period, Natives were stripped of their rights and lands, for the benefit of Europeans. Once the land rush was on, African Slaves were brought in as Chattel to work the land. The laws passed during that period were meant to strip Natives of their rights and maintain the system of chattel slavery.

The present day Police killings of Black and Brown​ ​ is a continuation of that system, and for the moment has been disr​upted​ by marches and protests. The book includes high profile killings of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, and others; as well as other killings that were not high profile. The book goes on to compare sentencing and treatment of the likes of Dylann Roof, James Holmes, and other White Males by the system with the treatment of African Americans.

“Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a White mother’s son—we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.--Ella Baker

Anita Wills is the Author of Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color, Pieces of the Quilt the Mosaic of An African American Family, Black Minqua the Life and Times of Henry Green.
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Anita L. Wills ntawls [at] gmail.com 510-878-7003
Visit http://www.lulu.com/shop/anita-wills/a-nation-of-flaws-justus-in-the-homeland/paperback/product-22377216.html, for review copies, photos, and an author bio.​




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