A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America

by Elliot Currie and Elliott Currie

Book Overview

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie comes a devastating exploration of the extreme levels of violence afflicting Black communities, and a blueprint for addressing the crisis

About 170,000 Black Americans have died in homicides just since the year 2000. Violence takes more years of life from Black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined; a young Black man in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250769930
• ISBN13: 9781250769930
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"