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Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment - Hardcover
$53.28
by Michael Javen Fortner (Author)
Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods.
Number of Pages: 368
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.8 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 28, 2015