America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s by Elizabeth Hinton

America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

Elizabeth Hinton

288 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced

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As the “War on Crime” targeted American cities from the late 1960s onward, Black residents threw punches and Molotov cocktails at police officers, plundered local businesses, and vandalized exploitative institutions. Drawing on new sources, Elizab...

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