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100 1  Fortner, Michael Javen,|d1979- 
245 10 Black silent majority :|bthe Rockefeller drug laws and the
       politics of punishment /|cMichael Javen Fortner. 
264  1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bHarvard University Press,
       |c[2015] 
300    xii, 350 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-333) and 
       index. 
505 0  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 -- Black silent majority --
       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. 
520    "Often seen as a political sop to the racial fears of 
       white voters, aggressive policing and draconian sentencing
       for illegal drug possession and related crimes have led to
       the imprisonment of millions of African Americans--far in 
       excess of their representation in the population as a 
       whole. Michael Javen Fortner [argues] that these punitive 
       policies also enjoyed the support of many working-class 
       and middle-class blacks, who were angry about decline and 
       disorder in their communities. [His book examines] the 
       role African Americans played in creating today's system 
       of mass incarceration"--Dust jacket flap. 
600 17 Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich.|2rero 
650  0 Discrimination in criminal justice administration|zNew 
       York (State) 
650  0 African American criminals|zNew York (State) 
650  0 Drug control|zNew York (State) 
650  0 African Americans|zNew York (State)|xSocial conditions. 
650  0 Middle class|zNew York (State) 
650  7 African American criminals.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00799127 
650  7 African Americans|xSocial conditions.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00799698 
650  7 Discrimination in criminal justice administration.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00895034 
650  7 Drug control.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01032891 
650  7 Middle class.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01020437 
651  7 New York (State)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210280 
651  7 New York (Etats-Unis, état)|2rero 
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