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The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Cover of The New Jim Crow : Mass In
Michelle Alexander

Civil rights advocate and legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that a new permanent under-class has been created by the war on drugs and the denial of equal access to employment, housing, public benefits and education to ex-prisoners.

Author category: 
BIPOC Author
Black Author
Female Author
Date of publication: 
2010