In her new book 'America on Fire,' Hinton chronicles decades of Black protest, from 1960s Harlem all the way to George Floyd
we interview nonfiction authors whose books explore fascinating moments, characters, and stories in history. For this episode we spoke with Elizabeth Hinton, professor and author ofa work that charts the relationship between structural racism, policing, and Black rebellion in America, beginning in 1964’s Harlem through to the most recent George Floyd protests.
For many Americans, the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s marked the beginning of racial equality, inclusivity, and a sense of a wrong fully righted. Hintonhowever, sees it differently: “The post-civil rights turn to policing, surveillance and incarceration as urban policy is one of the biggest domestic policy failures in the history of the United States,” she told Jezebel.
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