Bibliograph

The New Jim Crow, mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

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The New Jim Crow, mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

Language

eng

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Main title

The New Jim Crow

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digital audio book

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Oclc number

1197991661

Responsibility statement

Michelle Alexander

Sub title

mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

Summary

Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexanders The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it hasspent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexanders unforgettable argument that 'we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.'

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adult

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