Condemnation of Little B New Age Racism in America

Name: Condemnation of Little B New Age Racism in America
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ISBN: 9780807009758

ISBN-10: 080700975X

ISBN-13: 9780807009758

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Elaine Brown

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"A narrative that crackles with tension and enormous empathy. . . . Extraordinarily powerful." -Publishers Weekly Through the story of a thirteen-year-old black boy condemned to life in prison, Elaine Brown exposes the "New Age" racism that effectively condemns millions of poor African-Americans to a third world life. The story of "Little B" is riveting, a stunning example of the particular burden racism imposes on black youths. Most astonishing, almost all of the officials involved in bringing him to "justice" are black. Michael Lewis was officially declared a ward of the state at age eleven, and then systematically ignored until his arrest for murder. Brown wondered how this boy could…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 2/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




Scapegoat



Black Man-Child



The Murder Case



Evil in the City



Shadow of the Dome



Atlanta: Hub of the New South



The Bluff



Little B



Superpredator or Outcast?



The Root of This Evil



Monticello Revisited



Post-Emancipation Fight for Freedom



This Little Light Extinguished



New Age Racism



Marching from Monticello



The Abandonment



The Real Crime



Trompe L'oeil



The Innocence of Little B



The Appeal


Notes


Acknowledgments