The New Jim Crow is an account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status—denied the very rights supposedly won in the Civil Rights Movement.

Author
Michelle Alexander
Subjects
Law
Source
(The New Press, 2010)
Year
2010
Keywords
incarceration
policing
race/racism
Regions
U.S./Canada
Format
Text
Links
Semcoop