The new Jim Crow
Subtitle: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
By: Michelle Alexander
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by Perseus Distribution
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York; [Jackson, Tenn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781595581037
Description: Argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p. [249]-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: The rebirth of caste; title: The lockdown; title: The color of justice; title: The cruel hand; title: The new Jim Crow; title: The fire this time.