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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow (1st Edition) by Michelle Alexander, Michelle Adler Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 1-59558-103-0 / 1595581030 ISBN-13: 978-1-59558-103-7 / 9781595581037 Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vot |