New Jim Crow, The Check Availability

Nonfiction

New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the U.S., one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to second-class status — denied the very rights won in the Civil Rights Movement. Lawyer-turned-scholar, Alexander shows that by targeting black men through the War on Drugs, the criminal justice system functions as a system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. Published in 2010; 312 pages.

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