From a September 6, 1959 story in the New York Times, titled "Georgia Aide Says He Knew Negroes Held Degrees," comes this bit of pleasantry from Terrell County, GA: One of two Terrell County registrars who refused to register five Negroes on literacy grounds said today that he know at the time that some of … Continue reading Fun With Research: “Eequity” Edition
Month: September 2020
A Little Library of Prison Books, or, What to Read After Finishing “The New Jim Crow”
A friend recently told me he had just finished The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander's influential book on the racial origins of our prison system, and he wanted my opinion on what to read next. The literature on mass incarceration is extensive, but here are a few books that had a big impact on me. … Continue reading A Little Library of Prison Books, or, What to Read After Finishing “The New Jim Crow”
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