{"product_id":"the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-paperback","title":"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSlate'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eChronicle of Higher Education'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBook Riot'\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eZora\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--one of the most influential books of the past 20 years, according to the \u003cem\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e--with a new preface by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Adam Shatz, \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's \u003cem\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/em\u003e. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller list.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it. As the \u003cem\u003eBirmingham News\u003c\/em\u003e proclaimed, it is undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar. She is a former Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and Soros Justice Fellow, has clerked for Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, and has run the ACLU of Northern California's Racial Justice Project. Alexander is a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary and an opinion columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693098864703,"sku":"9781620971932","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c0a6d4e1e668c78877330a3a4b516fd0.webp?v=1764997748","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}