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What would (M.L.K.) say?
June 16, 2020

What would (M.L.K.) say?

 What Would (M.L.K.) say? (1 of 2) In response to a question most oftenly asked by Americans who subscribe to the philosophical doctrine of the American prophet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "What would (M.L.K.)...
Africa, JamesTennessee
Instituionalized part 3... Who's correcting the correctional officers?
April 18, 2019

Instituionalized part 3... Who's correcting the correctional officers?

 Institutionalized Part (3). .. Who’s Correcting the Correctional Officers? Out here in the middle of nowhere of a boondocks known as Wartburg, Tennessee, an audaciously degenerate; yet all too familiar pattern and practice of human...
Africa, JamesTennessee
Institutionalized part 2/ Let us break men in our image
February 28, 2018

Institutionalized part 2/ Let us break men in our image

 Institutionalized Part 2/Let Us Break Men in Our Image... Although most prisoner housed indefinitely for extensive periods in solitary confinement, who at some point come face to face in the mirror with this almost unrecognizable...
Africa, JamesTennessee
Let us break men/Institutionalized part 2
November 15, 2016

Let us break men/Institutionalized part 2

 (11-15-16) Let Us Break Men/ Institutionalized Part (2)... Although most prisoners in solitary confinement; who at some point come face to face in the mirror with this almost unrecognizable Frankenstein like creation, might describe in...
Africa, JamesTennessee
Institutionalized
May 13, 2015

Institutionalized

 Institutionalized By James Africa The inevitable has preordained such a season marked by particular conditions in a free nation that leads the world in mass incarceration, or should I say if only for the sake...
Africa, JamesTennessee
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If you are working on an APWA-related project, please let us know how you plan to utilize the Archive. We hope to share information about your work with our readers and, whenever possible, with relevant APWA authors.

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