Reshaping Beloved Community The Experiences of Black Male Felons and Their Impact on Black Radical Traditions |
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| Author:
| Smith, Marlon A. |
| Series title: | The Africana Experience and Critical Leadership Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4985-6933-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $224.00 |
Book Description:
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Reshaping Beloved Community examines the history of black male incarceration starting in the nineteenth century. This examination highlights how the label felon and the use of the prison was intentionally deployed to recast black men as dangerous and to justify the use of penal structures to systematically erase black radical projects.
Reshaping Beloved Community examines the history of black male incarceration starting in the nineteenth century. This examination highlights how the label felon and the use of the prison was intentionally deployed to recast black men as dangerous and to justify the use of penal structures to systematically erase black radical projects.