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This book sat on my shelves for a long time; after the protests and Black Lives Matter upheaval in June I knew I had to read it. Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” was published several years ago. It opened my eyes. It is a shocking expose of racism in the criminal justice system. — PEG CRUIKSHANK, Corea
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