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America On Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
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99/100Author:
Elizabeth Hinton
Publisher:
Liveright Publishing Corporation/W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Date:
May 18, 2021
Even in the aftermath of Donald Trump, many Americans consider the decades since the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s as a story of progress toward greater inclusiveness and equality. Hintonâs narrative uncovers an altogether different history, taking us on a troubling journey from Detroit in 1967 and Miami in 1980 to Los Angeles in 1992 and beyond to chart the persistence of structural racism and one of its primary consequences, the so-called urban riot.
What The Reviewers Say
... a groundbreaking, deeply researched and profoundly heart-rending account of the origins of our national crisis of police violence against Black America.
This penetrating and incisive account of Black rebellion is based on extensive primary research, particularly from the archives of the Lemberg Center for Study of Violence.
This is the story Hinton tells with historical precision and analytical rigor.
Hinton masterfully examines multiple incidents across the country, illustrating not only the prevalence of rebellions but how ongoing violent racial discrimination is horrifically common. As Hinton links the history of rebellion to the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, readers will be struck by the generational echoes of Black Americans’ struggle for justice..
