Those Who Know Don't Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State

by Garrett Felber

Book Overview

Challenging incarceration and policing was central to the postwar Black Freedom Movement. In this bold new political and intellectual history of the Nation of Islam, Garrett Felber centers the Nation in the Civil Rights Era and the making of the modern carceral state. In doing so, he reveals a multifaceted freedom struggle that focused as much on policing and prisons as on school desegregation and voting rights. The book examines efforts to build...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469653826
• ISBN13: 9781469653822
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"