Name: When Crack was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood era (en Inglés)
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Author: Donovan X. Ramsey
ISBN: 9780525511809

portada When Crack was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood era (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Donovan X. Ramsey

Editorial

One World

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

448

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

23.6 x 15.7 x 4.1 cm

Peso

0.68 kg.

ISBN13

9780525511809

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Siglo xx - c. 1900-c. 1999
Afroamericanos
Comunidades urbanas
Historia de américa
Historia social y cultural

When Crack was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood era (en Inglés)

Donovan X. Ramsey (Autor) · One World · Tapa Dura

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A "vivid and frank" (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic "A poignant and compelling re-examination of a tragic era in America history . . . insightful . . . and deeply moving."--Bryan Stevenson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan's war on drugs, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey's exacting analysis traces the path from the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement to the devastating realities we live with today: a racist criminal justice system, continued mass incarceration and gentrification, and increased police brutality. When Crack Was King follows four individuals to give us a startling portrait of crack's destruction and devastating legacy: Elgin Swift, an archetype of American industry and ambition and the son of a crack-addicted father who turned their home into a "crack house"; Lennie Woodley, a former crack addict and sex worker; Kurt Schmoke, the longtime mayor of Baltimore and an early advocate of decriminalization; and Shawn McCray, community activist, basketball prodigy, and a founding member of the Zoo Crew, Newark's most legendary group of drug traffickers. Weaving together riveting research with the voices of survivors, When Crack Was King is a crucial reevaluation of the era and a powerful argument for providing historically violated communities with the resources they deserve.