The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
Pages
290
ISBN
9781595581037
Published
2010
Description
Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the klu klux klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by klan intimidation; ...Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the klu klux klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests.
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