{"product_id":"the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-9781620975459","title":"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSlate'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eChronicle of Higher Education'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBook Riot'\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eZora\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--\"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years,\" according to the \u003cem\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e--with a new preface by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Adam Shatz, \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's \u003cem\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/em\u003e. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller list.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that \"we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.\" As the \u003cem\u003eBirmingham News\u003c\/em\u003e proclaimed, it is \"undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar. She is a former Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and Soros Justice Fellow, has clerked for Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, and has run the ACLU of Northern California's Racial Justice Project. Alexander is a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary and an opinion columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613348696338,"sku":"9781620975459","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aca5c3ed-d259-4784-904d-d554a6ed96f0.jpg?v=1732397015","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-9781620975459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}