The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

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Publisher's Synopsis

Despite the triumphant dismantling of the Jim Crow Laws, the system that once forced African Americans into a segregated second-class citizenship still haunts America, the US criminal justice system still unfairly targets black men and an entire segment of the population is deprived of their basic rights. Outside of prisons, a web of laws and regulations discriminates against these wrongly convicted ex-offenders in voting, housing, employment and education. Alexander here offers an urgent call for justice.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781595581037
Publisher: The New Press
Imprint: The New Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 364.973
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 290
Weight: 576g
Height: 234mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 25mm