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(0)Michelle Alexander
Author
Lexile measure
NC 1390L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's 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 has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in
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Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
NC 1390L
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's 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 has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 304 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years; never...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiv, 295 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment and control, and bringing new populations, who would not otherwise have been subject to imprisonment,...
Author
Publisher
Heyday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xv, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Charts Dorsey Nunn's journey growing up poor and criminalized in East Palo Alto, surviving San Quentin, coming back to his community, and founding All Of Us Or None to empower formerly incarcerated people to fight for their rights as citizens"--
7) The courageous brides collection: compassionate heroism attracts male suitors to nine spirited women
Publisher
Barbour Books, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
447 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ride into adventurous situations alongside nine determined women of yesteryear who are pulled into wartime battles, cattle drives, race relations, criminal activity, the Pony Express, the Underground Railroad, and accidents. Compelled by compassion and bravery, these women take action beyond expectations, attracting the attention of eligible bachelors." -- Page [4] cover.