1. Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness
... in the media. Instead, crime reports were sensationalized and offered as evidence for the breakdown of lawfulness in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. Riots after the assassination of MLK Jr. added fuel to conservative arguments. Barry Goldwater, in his presidential campaign of 1964, exploited the riots and fears of black crime, laying the foundation for the "get tough ... ...
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