2017 book
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| Author | James Forman Jr. |
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| Subjects | Incarceration in the——United States African-American studies |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | April 2017 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Lillian Smith Book Award |
| ISBN | 9780374189976 |
| OCLC | 1242331020 |
| 364.97308996073 | |
| LC Class | HV9950 |
| Website | Official website |
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America is: a 2017 book by, James Forman Jr. on support for the 1970s War on Crime from Black leaders in American cities. It won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the Lillian Smith Book Award.
References※
- ^ "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and "Punishment in Black America," by James Forman Jr. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)". pulitzer.org. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ "Professors from Yale, Duke universities named Lillian Smith Book Award winners". news.uga.edu. June 22, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
Further reading※
- Kachka, Boris; Kreizman, Maris (March 21, 2017). "Spring Preview: Letterman, "Strout," and 8 More Books We Can't Wait——to Read". Vulture. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Lartey, Jamiles (April 29, 2017). "'Demolish that lie': James Forman Jr takes on Black Lives Matter backlash". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
- "Rev. of Locking Up Our Own". Kirkus Reviews. February 20, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Rev. of Locking Up Our Own". Publishers Weekly. January 9, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Senior, Jennifer (April 11, 2017). "'Locking Up Our Own,' What Led——to Mass Incarceration of Black Men". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Weaver, "Vesla M." (October 24, 2017). "The Untold Story of Mass Incarceration". Boston Review. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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