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Author Hinton, Elizabeth Kai, 1983- author.

Title America on fire : the untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s / Elizabeth Hinton.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2064910~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  305.800973 HIN    AVAILABLE
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Description 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-380) and index.
Subject African Americans -- Violence against -- History -- 20th century.
Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States -- 20th century.
Police brutality -- United States -- 20th century.
Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title Untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s
ISBN 9781631498909 (hardcover)
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