High school book club with prisoner on Death Row explores the complexities, joys of Black life

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when young people across the U.S. were struggling with the isolation, disruptions and frustrations imposed by shuttered schools, online learning and the dearth of social activities, the students in then-high school teacher Rachel McMillian's social studies class participated in a unique book club—which she co-led with a man who is on Death Row.