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New Book from Prof. Michael Fortner: Urban Citizenship and American Democracy

Michael Javen Fortner, Assistant Professor and Academic Director of Urban Studies at the Murphy Institute and author of the sensational "Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment," has released a new book: "Urban Citizenship and American Democracy," co-edited by Amy Bridges:

After decades of being defined by … Continue Reading ››

More Press for Black Silent Majority

Murphy Prof. Michael Fortner's new book Black Silent Majority: the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment has taken the media world by storm, garnering press from publications, radio and television. In addition to coverage in the New Yorker and Chronicle of Higher … Continue Reading ››

New Yorker Coverage of Book by Prof. Michael Fortner

Murphy Institute Professor Michael Fortner's hotly anticipated new book Black Silent Majority: the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment gains yet more coverage with the latest edition of the New Yorker. In Kelefa Sanneh's review, Body Count, the writer places Fortner's book in conversation with the latest from Ta-Nehisi … Continue Reading ››