My brother Moochie
Subtitle: regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South
By: Issac J. Bailey
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781590518601
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Sociological aspects; African American families; Crime; Family relationships; African American men; Biography; African American prisoners
Description: At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for thirty-two years. Bailey tells the story of their relationship and of his experience living in a family suffering from guilt and shame. Drawing on sociological research as well as his expertise as a journalist, he seeks to answer the crucial question of why Moochie and many other young black men--including half of the ten boys in his own family--end up in the criminal justice system.