Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.
Contents:
Ministries of terror -- Black people under the gun -- Just for that, I'm gonna smash your face in -- Criminal court judges have a God complex -- No convict's story ends happily -- Snoops & snitches -- Ivory towers are white for a reason -- Results of a Harlem survey (on the criminal justice system).
Summary:
"Beginning in the Civil Rights era, the American criminal justice system waged a campaign of terror and warlike oppression of Black Americans, Ronald L. Morris analyzes those dark times, its cause, short- and long-term effects, and calls for change"-- Provided by publisher.
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