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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

by James Forman Jr.

Pulitzer Prize · 2018 · Winner

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Farrar, Straus and GirouxApril 18, 2017NonfictionISBN 9780374189976

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction	2018	Winner

About This Book

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr..

About the Author

James Forman Jr.

James Forman Jr. is an author whose work has been recognized by major literary awards.

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