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Elizabeth Hinton is the author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America.
Activist Derecka Purnell interviews historian Elizabeth Hinton about her new book, America on Fire, and how the label “riot” discredits Black political demands.
A transcript of our panel discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement.
A proper understanding of urban rebellion depends on our ability to interpret it not as a wave of criminality, but as political violence.
The enduring impact of President Johnson’s Crime Commission.
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