About this history book
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness by Alexander, Michelle is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status-much like their grandparents before them. In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander pro
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- Author
- Alexander, Michelle
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781595585301
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Law, Fiction