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Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided
Jossey-Bass
September 1996
On Sale: September 18, 1996
348 pages ISBN: 0787902640 EAN: 9780787902643 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
Puts the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials under the
microscope Reviews the turbulent events of the Rodney King and O. J.
Simpson trials from a social and political framework of race
relations and police misconduct. This thought-provoking book
shows that the issue of race was at the very heart of both
of these emotionally charged cases. Psychologist and scholar Jewelle Taylor Gibbs shows how King
and Simpson have been transformed by their trials into
symbols of the different worlds inhabited by blacks and
whites in America. Gibbs's compelling analysis of the issues
that permeated these trials will challenge even the most
cynical observer to rethink any previously held assumptions
about race and the criminal justice system.
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