Bibliograph

America on fire, the untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s, Elizabeth Hinton

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America on fire, the untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s, Elizabeth Hinton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-380) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

America on fire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1248723723

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Hinton

Sub title

the untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

The cycle -- The projects -- The vigilantes -- The snipers -- The poisoned tree -- The schools -- The commissions -- The system -- The proposal -- The reforms

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Untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s

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