Michelle Alexander was born in Illinois. She graduated from Stanford Law School and Vanderbilt University. Following law school, she clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the United States Supreme Court, and for Chief Judge Abner Mikva on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She joined the firm of Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller, where she specialized in plaintiff-side class action suits alleging race and gender discrimination. She was a member of the Stanford Law...
The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
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Michelle Alexander's seminal work argues that the United States has created a racial caste system through its War on Drugs and mass incarceration. This book exposes how the legal system, under the guise of colorblindness, disproportionately targets and criminalizes Black men, effectively creating a new form of segregation. It's a critical examination of how the justice system perpetuates racial inequality.
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The new Jim CrowHardcover, 2012
432 pages
New PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9781595581037Revised Edition5 editions available
