Reshaping Beloved Community: The Experiences of Black Male Felons and Their Impact on Black Radical Traditions


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Reshaping Beloved Community examines the history of black male incarceration starting in the nineteenth century. This examination highlights how the label felon and the use of the prison was intentionally deployed to recast black men as dangerous and to justify the use of penal structures to systematically erase black radical projects.



Author: Marlon A. Smith
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 08/14/2020
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781498569354
ISBN10: 1498569358
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Social Science | Discrimination
- Social Science | Penology

About the Author
Marlon A. Smith is lecturer at the University of Houston.