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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ramsey, Donovan X.     Subjects     Crack (Drug) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Cocaine -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Drug control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ramsey, Donovan X.       by title:      When crack was king ...       by call number:      362.298073 R183w     Search the Web     Ramsey, Donovan X.     Crack (Drug) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Cocaine -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Drug control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

When crack was king : a people's history of a misunderstood era / Donovan X. Ramsey. by Ramsey, Donovan X. One World, 2023. Call #: 362.298073 R183w Subjects Crack (Drug) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Cocaine -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Drug control -- United States -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780525511809 (hc) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xi, 427 p. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-407) and index. Summary:  "A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic. The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan’s war on drugs, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey’s exacting analysis traces the path from the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement to the devastating realities we live with a racist criminal justice system, continued mass incarceration and gentrification, and increased police brutality. When Crack Was King follows four individuals to give us a startling portrait of crack’s destruction and devastating Elgin Swift, an archetype of American industry and ambition and the son of a crack-addicted father who turned their home into a “crack house”; Lennie Woodley, a former crack addict and sex worker; Kurt Schmoke, the longtime mayor of Baltimore and an early advocate of decriminalization; and Shawn McCray, community activist, basketball prodigy, and a founding member of the Zoo Crew, Newark’s most legendary group of drug traffickers. Weaving together riveting research with the voices of survivors, When Crack Was King is a crucial reevaluation of the era and a powerful argument for providing historically violated communities with the resources they deserve."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 362.298073 R183w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 362.298073 R183w Core Collection - Adult Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList

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