When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era Ramsey Donovan X.
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era Ramsey Donovan X. A "vivid and frank" (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, told through a cast…
Specifikacia When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era Ramsey Donovan X.
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era Ramsey Donovan X.
A "vivid and frank" (NPR) account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic "A poignant and compelling re-examination of a tragic era in America history . . . and deeply moving."--Bryan Stevenson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just MercyThe crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. insightful . . .
Ramsey's exacting analysis traces the path from the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement to the devastating realities we live with today: a racist criminal justice system, continued mass incarceration and gentrification, and increased police brutality.When Crack Was Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan's war on drugs, journalist Donovan X.