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100 1  Salaam, Yusef,|d1974-|eauthor. 
245 10 Better, not bitter :|bliving on purpose in the pursuit of 
       racial justice /|cYusef Salaam. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bGrand Central Publishing,|c2021. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    288 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes a suggested reading list. 
520    "They didn't know who they had. So begins Yusef Salaam 
       telling his story. 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.' Despite having 
       confronted the racist heart of America while being 'run 
       over by the spiked wheels of injustice,' Yusef channeled 
       his energy and pain into something positive, not just for 
       himself but for other marginalized people and communities.
       Better Not Bitter is the first time that one of the now 
       Exonerated Five is telling his individual story, in his 
       own words. Yusef writes his narrative: growing up Black in
       central Harlem in the '80s, being raised by a strong, 
       fierce mother and grandmother, his years of incarceration,
       his reentry, and exoneration. Yusef connects these stories
       to lessons and principles he learned that gave him the 
       power to survive through the worst of life's experiences. 
       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. Yusef Salaam's message is vital 
       for our times, a motivating resource for enacting change. 
       Better, Not Bitter has the power to soothe, inspire and 
       transform. It is a galvanizing call to action."--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Salaam, Yusef,|d1974- 
650  0 Prisoners|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 
650  0 False imprisonment|zNew York (State)|zNew York. 
650  0 Judicial error|zNew York (State)|zNew York. 
650  0 Discrimination in criminal justice administration|zNew 
       York (State)|zNew York. 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Discrimination in criminal justice administration.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00895034 
650  7 False imprisonment.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00920104 
650  7 Judicial error.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00984666 
650  7 Prisoners.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01077103 
651  7 New York (State)|zNew York.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204333 
651  7 Autobiographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919894 
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