Author | Michael Javen Fortner |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date
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2015 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 368 pp |
ISBN |
Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment is a non-fiction book written by Michael Javen Fortner.
A look into the role of how America's drug policies impact African Americans and crime in their own neighborhoods.
The New York Times said in a review of the book, "The history of black people’s ability to express and to act on their punitiveness — to be tough on crime — is at the heart of a fascinating though severely flawed new book by Michael Javen Fortner."