Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era Animal Liberation it is time to frankly

it is time to frankly recognize that the century-old system of recognition of a single union as exclusive collective bargaining agent was fatally flawed from the beginning

“Crossing Bok Chitto is a tribute to the Indians of every nation who aided the runaway people of bondage

whose semi-legendary tricksters – such as Topiary

by Tricia Shapiro

culminating in acts of genocide to maintain their culture and way of life

Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era Animal Liberation it is time to franklyby Dan Berger University of North Carolina Press 2014, paperback SKU: 9781469629797 In this path breaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century black activism, the prison system, and the origins of mass incarceration. Throughout the civil rights era, black activists thrust the prison into public view, turning prisoners into symbols of racial oppression while arguing that confinement was an inescapable part of black life