Bibliograph

Black silent majority, the Rockefeller drug laws and the politics of punishment, Michael Javen Fortner

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Black silent majority, the Rockefeller drug laws and the politics of punishment, Michael Javen Fortner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black silent majority

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

906027953

Responsibility statement

Michael Javen Fortner

Sub title

the Rockefeller drug laws and the politics of punishment

Table Of Contents

Introduction : the reign of criminal terror must be stopped now -- Rights and wreckage in postwar Harlem -- Black junkies, white do-gooders, and the Metcalf-Volker Act of 1962 -- Reverend Dempsey's crusade and the rise of involuntary commitment in 1966 -- Crime, class, and conflict in the ghetto -- King heroin and the development of the drug laws in 1973 -- Race, place, and the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s -- Conclusion : liberal sentiments to conservative acts

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