From black power to prison power: the making of Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union / Donald F. Tibbs.

1st ed.

9780230340169 (hardback)
9781137013064 (e-book)

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

English

1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages).

KF228.N2 T53 2012

344.7303/565

"This book uses the landmark case Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union to examine the strategies of prison inmates using race and radicalism to inspire the formation of an inmate labor union. It thus rekindles the debate over the triumphs and troubles associated with the use of Black Power as a platform for influencing legal policy and effecting change for inmates. While the ideology of the prison rights movement was complex, it rested on the underlying principle that the right to organize, and engage in political dissidence, was not only a First Amendment right guaranteed to free blacks, but one that should be explicitly guaranteed to captive blacks--a point too often overlooked in previous analyses. Ultimately, this seminal case study not only illuminates the history of Black Power but that of the broader prisoners' rights movement as well"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contemporary Black history.

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