To Poison a Nation: The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America

by Andrew Baker

Book Overview

An explosive, long-forgotten story of police violence that exposes the historical roots of today's criminal justice crisis

"A deeply researched and propulsively written story of corrupt governance, police brutality, Black resistance, and violent white reaction in turn-of-the-century New Orleans that holds up a dark mirror to our own times."--Walter Johnson, author of River of Dark Dreams

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162097603X
• ISBN13: 9781620976036
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"