Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
Series produced by Chris Moore-Backman
Inspired by Michelle Alexander's groundbreaking book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," the Bringing Down the New Jim Crow radio documentary series explores and gives voice to the continuing struggle for racial justice in the United States during the era of mass incarceration. Weaving together incisive analysis, candid interviews and artful music, the series makes visible the human face of those most directly impacted by the systemic oppression of our nation's drug war and prison industrial complex, and captures the emergence of the growing national movement working to dismantle them. The series is produced by Chris Moore-Backman, in collaboration with the Chico Peace and Justice Center and KZFR Community Radio in Chico, California.
Episode 1: A Bitter Harvest: California, Marijuana, and the New Jim Crow
Episode 2: On the Other Side of the Myth: A Conversation with Michelle Alexander and Tim Wise
Episode 3: Children of the Same Sorrow: The U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace Takes On the Drug War
Episode 4: A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad: Making a Break for Freedom During the Era of Mass Incarceration
Episode 5: The Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People's Movement: The Struggle for Freedom and Transformation Continues
Episode 6: Some Thoughts On Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption, written and read by Ross Gay
Episode 7: From Reform to Transform: California's Prop 47 and the Movement to End Mass Incarceration
7 Pieces
Bought by WUAL and KGNU Community Radio
- Added: Jul 13, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WYAP
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KVMR, WVAS, KUNM, WORT and more
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 8
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUNM, WDSE, WCSU-FM, NPR Illinois and more
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDSE
- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, and WDSE
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, and WZEN.org
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5