The ugly side of beautiful : rethinking race and prison in America / Bryonn Bain ; foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal ; introduction by Lani Guinier.

"Racially profiled and wrongfully imprisoned during his second year at Harvard Law School, hip-hop activist Bryonn Bain successfully sued the New York City Police Department and wrote the Village Voice cover story "Walking While Black." Now Bain has taken his own disturbing experiences of racial pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bain, Bryonn (Author)
Other Authors: Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Guinier, Lani
Language:English
Published: Chicago : TWP Third World Press, [2012]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Prison sentences > United States.
Criminals > Rehabilitation.
Imprisonment > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
United States > Race relations.
Physical Description:xviii, 162 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Why rethink race and prison?
  • Walking while black : the Bill of Rights for black America
  • 60 minutes : interview with Mike Wallace
  • Vox populi : the miseducation of SuperNegro
  • Three days in New York City jails : walking while black, part 2
  • The ugly side of beautiful : America's apartheid dilemma
  • It shakes a village : youth voices on lockdown at Rikers Island
  • Walk with a panther : interview with Jalil Abdul Muntaqim
  • Life after death row : the Nanon Williams story
  • American shantytown : take back the land fights gentrification
  • By any means : the lost chapters of Malcolm X : interview with Gregory J. Reed
  • Life after lockdown : decarceration strategies.