Catalogue

Record Details

Catalogue Search



Open season : legalized genocide of colored people  Cover Image Book Book

Open season : legalized genocide of colored people / Ben Crump.

Summary:

The president of the National Bar Association and one of the most distinguished civil-rights attorneys working today reflects on the landmark cases he has battled--including representing Trayvon Martin's family--and offers a disturbing look at how the justice system is used to promote injustice.
"[Ben Crump] shows that there is a persistent, prevailing, and destructive mindset regarding colored people that is rooted in our history as a slave-owning nation. This biased attitude has given rise to mass incarceration, voter disenfranchisement, unequal educational opportunities, disparate health care practices, job and housing discrimination, police brutality, and an unequal justice system. And all mask the silent and ongoing systematic killing of people of color. Open Season is more than Crump's incredible mission to preserve justice; it is a call to action for Americans to begin living up to the promise to protect the rights of its citizens equally and without question."--Dust jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062375094
  • ISBN: 0062375091
  • Physical Description: 260 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260).
Formatted Contents Note:
Racism kills -- Police don't shoot white men in the back -- Stand your ground -- The conspiracy to discriminate -- Creating the criminal -- Killing them softly -- Voter suppression -- A new form of segregation -- Caught up in the system -- Criminalization and enslavement of the poor -- Environmental racism -- A tale of two Americas -- Conclusion: we rise, we rise, we rise.
Subject: Crump, Benjamin, 1969-
Civil rights > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States > Case studies.
Racism > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Crimes against.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Police brutality > United States.
United States > Race relations.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tumbler Ridge Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Tumbler Ridge Public Library ANF 364.097 CRUMP (Text) TRL27886 Entertaining Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -


Additional Resources