My picks for #sundayread for October 27, 2019:

• I listened to James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and it was even better than the great 2018 film adaptation.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2peZRiX
• When “Not Guilty” Is a Life Sentence
  By @MacMcClelland
• Police Are Trained to Fear
  By Larry Smith @ljsmith3663
  (via @warondumb)
• Flashback: Ten years ago, Birmingham mayor Larry Langford found guilty of bribery, fraud, conspiracy
  #Bham #alpolitics
• Tekashi 6ix9ine: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Supervillain
  By @StephenWitt
• “You’re gonna kill me!”: Dallas police bodycam footage reveals final minutes of Tony Timpa’s life
  By @CaryAspinwall and @Dave_Boucher1
  (via @sundaylongread)
• Flashback: Ten years ago, the aftermath of the Larry Langford administration
  #Bham #alpolitics
• The Life and Death of an Instafish
  By Miranda Collinge @Collface
  (via @sundaylongread)
• Dirty farm water is making us sick
  By Elizabeth Shogren @ShogrenE and @SusieNeilson
  (via @GeorgeLakoff)
• Flashback: Ten years ago, Carole Smitherman becomes Birmingham’s first female mayor
  https://itswa.de/2UDEnn #Bham #alpolitics
• Q&A with musical icon @SherylCrow
  By @NatalieWeiner
  (via @sundaylongread)
• How the military handles sexual assault cases behind closed doors
  By @CraigMWhitlock
• Road rage, a bullet to the head — and the frantic effort to save a 4-year-old
  By @JohnWoodrowCox
• Meet the weirdo battling climate change through a strict low-carbon lifestyle.
  By @KateGBlack
  (via @sundaylongread)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: With a touch of cinnamon

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for October 27 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me