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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 54 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Shayna Small. |
| Summary |
As the "War on Crime" targeted American cities from the late 1960s onward, Black residents threw punches and Molotov cocktails at police officers, plundered local businesses, and vandalized exploitative institutions. Drawing on new sources, Elizabeth Hinton reveals that these so-called riots were not explosions of criminality, but collective acts of rebellion against police brutality and racism. A leading scholar of policing, Hinton documents the most important lesson from these flash points -- that police violence precipitates community violence - and shows how it continues to escape policy makers, who respond by further criminalizing entire groups instead of addressing underlying socioeconomic causes. Ultimately, Hinton argues that we cannot understand the civil rights moment without coming to terms with the astonishing violence, and hugely expanded policing regime, that followed it. Taking us from Watts in 1965 to the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Hinton's highly anticipated America on Fire offers an unprecedented framework for understanding our current crisis. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Violence against -- History -- 20th century.
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Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States -- 20th century.
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Police brutality -- United States -- 20th century.
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Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United State -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Small, Shayna.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s |
| ISBN |
9781705035023 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1705035027 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14240770 |
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