The New Jim Crow

Official Website  of  the book

Interviews with the Author

Interview with the New Jim Crow, Author, Michelle Alexander

Listen to NPR’s interview with Michelle Alexander to learn about the New Jim Crow from the author herself.

Articles

Author, and Legal Scholar Michelle Alexander, talks about the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration

Publication: Huffington Post

Interview by Kathleen Wells

Excerpt: [Alexander]: Most people assume that the war on drugs was launched in response to the emergence of crack cocaine in inner city communities, but that’s not true. President Reagan declared his drug war at the time when drug crime was actually on the decline — it was a couple of years before, not after, crack hit the streets and became a media sensation. So, the drug war, really, has its origins in racial politics not drug crimes.

Articles

Drug Policy as Race Policy: Bestseller Galvanizes the Debate

Publication: The New York Times

Author: Jennifer Schuessler

Date: March 6, 2012

Excerpt: The book is also galvanizing white readers, including some who might question its portrayal of the war on drugs as a continuation of race war by other means.

The New Jim Crow

Publication: The Nation

Author: Michelle Alexander

Date: March 9,2012

Excerpt: When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our “colorblind” society creates without affirmative action, we see a familiar social, political, and economic structure–the structure of racial caste. The entrance into this new caste system can be found at the prison gate. This is not Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream. This is not the promised land. The cyclical rebirth of caste in America is a recurring racial nightmare.

Campaign to End the New Jim Crow

End the New Jim Crow

This website includes information on how to get involved in the Campaign to End the New Jim Crow  including  study guides for Michelle Alexander’s book, organizing events, as well as links to relevant articles.

Bringing Down the New Jim Crow

A Radio Documentary Series

The Black Star Project

119 U.S. Cities Are Being Asked to Help Eliminate The New Jim Crow with Thought and Actions During March and April 2012. Click here  to find out what you can do.

 Ending New Jim Crow: Restoring Voting Rights for People on Parole 

Vocal New York addresses the issue of people being denied their constitutional right to vote because they are on parole. They discuss several of the reasons for restoring voter rights including: ending racial bias, increased public support for change, and promoting civic participation.

All Things Harlem

This site contains multimedia footage related to The New Jim Crow. View videos of speeches made by Angela Davis, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Johanna Fernandez and others.