The War on Drugs and Jim Crow’s the Most Wanted: A Social and Historical Look at Mass Incarceration
JOHN DEREK STERN[1] “The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.” -Dorothy Day, 1956. The 1960s mark a significant historical period, spurred by the Civil Rights Movement and the enactment of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. It ended the infamous Jim Crow era laws, guaranteeing voting rights, interracial marriage, […]