{"product_id":"the-new-jim-crow-9781620975459","title":"The New Jim Crow","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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284350906619,"sku":"9781620975459","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e9449e2c-0511-48fe-8cee-2727564061ab.jpg?v=1778102060","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-new-jim-crow-9781620975459","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}