Black Silent Majority : : The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment / / Michael Javen Fortner.

Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks,...

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rights and Wreckage in Postwar Harlem -- 2. Black Junkies, White Do- Gooders, and the Metcalf- Volker Act of 1962 -- 3. Reverend Dempsey’s Crusade and the Rise of Involuntary Commitment in 1966 -- 4. Crime, Class, and Conflict in the Ghetto -- 5. King Heroin and the Development of the Drug Laws in 1973 -- 6. Race, Place, and the Tumultuous 1960s and 1970s -- Conclusion “Liberal Sentiments to Conservative Acts” -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods.
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African Americans Social conditions New York (State).
African Americans New York (State) Social conditions.
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Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Introduction --
1. Rights and Wreckage in Postwar Harlem --
2. Black Junkies, White Do- Gooders, and the Metcalf- Volker Act of 1962 --
3. Reverend Dempsey’s Crusade and the Rise of Involuntary Commitment in 1966 --
4. Crime, Class, and Conflict in the Ghetto --
5. King Heroin and the Development of the Drug Laws in 1973 --
6. Race, Place, and the Tumultuous 1960s and 1970s --
Conclusion “Liberal Sentiments to Conservative Acts” --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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title_alt Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Introduction --
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2. Black Junkies, White Do- Gooders, and the Metcalf- Volker Act of 1962 --
3. Reverend Dempsey’s Crusade and the Rise of Involuntary Commitment in 1966 --
4. Crime, Class, and Conflict in the Ghetto --
5. King Heroin and the Development of the Drug Laws in 1973 --
6. Race, Place, and the Tumultuous 1960s and 1970s --
Conclusion “Liberal Sentiments to Conservative Acts” --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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Contents --
Preface --
Introduction --
1. Rights and Wreckage in Postwar Harlem --
2. Black Junkies, White Do- Gooders, and the Metcalf- Volker Act of 1962 --
3. Reverend Dempsey’s Crusade and the Rise of Involuntary Commitment in 1966 --
4. Crime, Class, and Conflict in the Ghetto --
5. King Heroin and the Development of the Drug Laws in 1973 --
6. Race, Place, and the Tumultuous 1960s and 1970s --
Conclusion “Liberal Sentiments to Conservative Acts” --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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