The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness

Michelle Alexander

432 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander offers a stunning account o...

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