Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Mass Incarceration, and the Movement for Black Lives
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1608468100 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is the author of Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California.. Donna Murch is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
She is the author of Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California.. About the AuthorDonna Murch is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Through largely hidden channels, it is these punishment campaigns, Murch says, that generate enormous revenues for the state. Drawing its title from one of America’s foremost revolutionaries this collection of thought-provoking essays by award-winning Panther scholar Donna Murch explores how social protest is challenging our current system of state violence and mass incarceration.Murch exposes the devastating consequences of overlapping punishment campaigns against gangs, drugs, and crime on poor and working- class populations of color. She is the author of Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California.. Black Panther and Cuban exile, Assata Shak