Locking Up Our Own
2017 book
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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America is a 2017 book by James Forman Jr. on support for the 1970s war on crime from Black leaders in American cities. It won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[1] and the Lillian Smith Book Award.[2] The book was also longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction.[3]
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| Author | James Forman Jr. |
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| Subjects | Incarceration in the United States African-American studies |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | April 2017 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Lillian Smith Book Award |
| ISBN | 9780374189976 |
| OCLC | 1242331020 |
| 364.97308996073 | |
| LC Class | HV9950 |
| Website | Official website |
