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America on fire : the untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s

Hinton, Elizabeth Kai, 1983- author

2021

Overview

What began in spring 2020 as local protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police quickly exploded into a massive nationwide movement. To many observers, the protests appeared to be without precedent in their scale and persistence. Hinton shows that the events of 2020 had clear precursors-- and any attempt to understand our current crisis requires a reckoning with the recent past. She takes us on a troubling journey from Detroit in 1967 and Miami in 1980 to Los Angeles in 1992, charting the persistence of structural racism and one of its primary consequences, the so-called urban riot. Hinton warns that rebellions will continue until an oppressive system is finally remade on the principles of justice and equality. -- Adapted from jacket.

• Publisher: William Collins
• Subject: 1900-1999 / African Americans Violence against History 20th century. / Racial profiling in law enforcement United States 20th century. / Discrimination in law enforcement United States 20th century. / Police brutality United States 20th century. / Race riots United States History 20th century. / Police brutality 20th century. / Profilage ethnique États-Unis 20e siècle. / Brutalités policières États-Unis 20e siècle. / Émeutes raciales États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle. / Discrimination dans l'application des lois États-Unis 20e siècle. / SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies American African American & Black Studies. / HISTORY Social History. / SOCIAL SCIENCE Violence in Society. / Discrimination in law enforcement / African Americans Violence against / Police brutality / Race relations / Race riots / Racial profiling in law enforcement / United States Race relations History 20th century. / États-Unis Relations raciales Histoire 20e siècle. / United States
• ISBN: 9780008443832, 0008443831, 9780008443849, 000844384X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E185.615 .H524 2021	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE