{"product_id":"9781620971932","title":"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Anniversary)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlexander, Michelle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly‚\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlate‚\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChronicle of Higher Education‚\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook Riot‚\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eZora\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e—with a new preface by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller list.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirmingham News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproclaimed, it is \"undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47453322215657,"sku":"9781620971932","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781620971932_8cfb3.jpg?v=1715887159","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781620971932","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}