from The Sun does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

There were always men [on death row] yelling and moaning and crying—every single night.

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from The Sun does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

“Can they put me to death while you are investigating and we’re appealing?” I held my breath.

“No, Mr. Hinton. They can’t put you to death while your case is in the courts.”

I put my head down on the table and took a few breaths. When I lifted my head back up, I knew I had tears in my eyes, but [his white woman attorney] Santha didn’t say anything about that [which was a kindness].

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from The Sun does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

We banged on the bars for Dunkins and for Richardson [when they were being executed on death row], just so they both knew they weren’t alone.

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from Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr Joy DeGruy

Compatible with the principle of maintaining harmony and connectedness, much of the political arrangement of African societies was decentralized, showing little concern for control over territories.

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@whatebonyreads, Black Royalty, wrote:

I will never be okay with Black book characters being voiced by white narrators!

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I didn’t even realize they had executed Wayne Ritter until I smelled his burned flesh. I didn’t know Wayne—I didn’t know anyone yet—but in the middle of the night on August 28, 1987, there was the sound of a generator kicking on and then hissing and popping

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The guards practiced their ritual for killing him, and then they would ask him how he was doing and did he need anything—as if they weren’t rehearsing his murder. It was gruesome to watch, and it only made Michael Lindsey’s terror grow.

from The Sun does Shine: How I found Love and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton

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Come to the Black Bibliography Project conference! New Brunswick, NJ on April 9-10, 2026.

It is free to attend, but registration is required. Register here: https://globalracialjustice.rutgers.edu/event/networking-black-print-reimagining-black-bibliography

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