Algiers Motel Incident

McGuire, The Algiers Motel Incident is a powerful indictment of racism and the US justice system.

About the author

John Hersey (1914–1993), the author of the bestselling Hiroshima, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for his first novel, A Bell for Adano. His numerous other works of nonfiction and fiction include The Wall, Blues, and The Child Buyer.Historian Danielle L. McGuire is an independent scholar and the author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power.

Summary

McGuire, The Algiers Motel Incident is a powerful indictment of racism and the US justice system.

Product details

• Authors: John Hersey, John/ Mcguire Hersey
• Assisted by: McGuire Danielle L. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781421432977
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3297-7
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Detroit, Michigan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, c 1960 to c 1970, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Police & security services, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969, Black & Asian Studies, Police and security services, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people