Open Season
Legalized Genocide of Colored People
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 260 pages ; 24 cm
"[Ben Crump] shows that there is a persistent, prevailing, and destructive mindset regarding colored people that is rooted in our history as a slave-owning nation. This biased attitude has given rise to mass incarceration, voter disenfranchisement, unequal educational opportunities, disparate health care practices, job and housing discrimination, police brutality, and an unequal justice system... Open Season is more than Crumps incredible mission to preserve justice, it is a call to action for Americans to begin living up to the promise to protect the rights of its citizens equally and without question."--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects:
Crump, Benjamin, 1969-
Civil rights lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Civil rights -- United States.
Race discrimination -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Crump, Benjamin, 1969-
Civil rights lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Civil rights -- United States.
Race discrimination -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
ISBN:
9780062375094
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Civil Rights Cru | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.