Racializing Justice, Disenfranchising Lives: The Racism, Criminal Justice, and Law Reader

by Manning Marable

African Americans today face a systemic crisis of mass underemployment, mass imprisonment, and mass disfranchisement.This comprehensive reader makes clear to students the mutual constitution of these three crises.NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT Critical Black Studies Series Manning MarableThe Critical Black Studies Series features readers and anthologies examining challenging topics within the contemporary black experience--in the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, and across the African Diaspora.Under the general editorial supervision of Manning Marable, the readers in the series are designed both for college and university course adoption, as well as for general readers and researchers. The Critical Black Studies Series seeks to provoke intellectual debate and exchange over the most critical issues confronting the political, socioeconomic and cultural reality of black life in the United States and beyond.

400 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2007

About the author

Manning Marable was an American professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies at Columbia University. He founded and directed the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. He authored several texts and was active in progressive political causes. At the time of his death, he had completed a biography of human rights activist Malcolm X, entitled Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.