America on Fire
The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Drawing on new sources, a leading scholar presents a groundbreaking story of policing and "riots" that shatters our understanding of the post-civil rights era, arguing that we cannot understand the civil rights moment without coming to terms with the astonishing violence, and hugely expanded policing regime, that followed it.
Contents:
The cycle -- The projects -- The vigilantes -- The snipers -- The poisoned tree -- The schools -- The commissions -- The system -- The proposal -- The reforms.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Violence against -- History -- 20th century.
Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States -- 20th century.
Police brutality -- United States -- 20th century.
Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United State -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Violence against -- History -- 20th century.
Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States -- 20th century.
Police brutality -- United States -- 20th century.
Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United State -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781631498909
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SOCIAL SCI Race Hin | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Race Hin | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Race Hin | Blythewood | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-380) and index.