Summary of Keeda J. Haynes' Bending the Arc

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Keeda J. Haynes' Bending the Arc in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Keeda Haynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer, but after college graduation, she was imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit. Her boyfriend had asked her to sign for some packages—packages she did not know were filled with marijuana. As a young Black woman falsely accused, prosecuted, and ultimately imprisoned, Haynes suffered the abuses of our racist and sexist justice system. But rather than give in to despair, she decided to fight for change. After her release, she attended law school at night, became a public defender, and ultimately staged a highly publicized campaign for Congress. At every turn of her unlikely story, she gives unique insights into the inequities built into our institutions. In the end, despite the injustice she endured, she emerges convinced that ours can become a true second-chance culture.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Nov 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638158004

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Insights on Keeda Haynes's Bending the Arc

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The author grew up in a small town in Tennessee known for its Confederate history.

#2

The author’s great-grandmother was the center of her life, and the entire neighborhood was connected.

#3

The author’s family lived in a neighborhood in Texas that was connected by families, not streets. Her own house was on Granbury Street, near Sue Lee’s house.

#4

The author, Keeda, is the youngest of seven children. She always wanted to be different from her siblings, and was extremely independent as a child.

#5

Growing up, Haylee always wanted to be independent and do things on her own terms. She was constantly on the lookout for ways to define her freedom.

#6

The author, a black woman, grew up in a small town in Texas. She had never experienced racism until she moved to