Captive nation : Black prison organizing in the civil rights era /

In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century Black activism, the prison system, and the origins of mass incarceration. Throughout the civil rights era, Black activists thrust the prison into public view, turning prisoners into symbols of racial oppression...

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Main Author: Berger, Dan, 1981- (Author)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Series:Justice, power, and politics.
UNC Press law publications.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
Criminal justice & criminology.
Civil rights and social justice.
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Online Access:HeinOnline UNC Press Law Publications
HeinOnline Slavery in America and the World
HeinOnline Criminal Justice & Criminology
HeinOnline Civil Rights and Social Justice
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