929473The Algiers Motel Incidenthttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-algiers-motel-incident-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/488309/499f4d1d-a906-4ac9-b4d6-1c4740f1d3de.jpg?v=638335016362800000622759MXNJohns Hopkins University PressInStock/Ebooks/From the bestselling author of Hiroshima, a searing account of police brutality, white racism, and black rage in 1960s Detroit.On the evening of July 25, 1967, on the third night of the 12th Street Riot, Detroit police raided the Algiers Motel. Acting on a report of gunfire, officers rounded up the occupants of the motels annexseveral black men and two white womenand proceeded to beat them and repeatedly threaten to kill them. By the end of the night, three of the men were dead. Three police officers and a private security guard were tried for their deaths; none were convicted.In The Algiers Motel Incident, first published in 1968, Pulitzer Prizewinning author John Hersey strings together interviews, police reports, court testimony, and news stories to recount the terrible events of that night. The result is chaotic and sometimes confusing; facts remain elusive. But, Hersey concludes, the truth is clear: three young black men were murdered "for being, all in all, black young men and part of the black rage of the time."With a new foreword by award-winning author Danielle L. McGuire, The Algiers Motel Incident is a powerful indictment of racism and the US justice system....923872The Algiers Motel Incident622759https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-algiers-motel-incident-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/488309/499f4d1d-a906-4ac9-b4d6-1c4740f1d3de.jpg?v=638335016362800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20199781421432984_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9781421432984_From the bestselling author of Hiroshima, a searing account of police brutality, white racism, and black rage in 1960s Detroit.On the evening of July 25, 1967, on the third night of the 12th Street Riot, Detroit police raided the Algiers Motel. Acting on a report of gunfire, officers rounded up the occupants of the motels annexseveral black men and two white womenand proceeded to beat them and repeatedly threaten to kill them. By the end of the night, three of the men were dead. Three police officers and a private security guard were tried for their deaths; none were convicted.In The Algiers Motel Incident, first published in 1968, Pulitzer Prizewinning author John Hersey strings together interviews, police reports, court testimony, and news stories to recount the terrible events of that night. The result is chaotic and sometimes confusing; facts remain elusive. But, Hersey concludes, the truth is clear: three young black men were murdered for being, all in all, black young men and part of the black rage of the time.With a new foreword by award-winning author Danielle L. McGuire, The Algiers Motel Incident is a powerful indictment of racism and the US justice system....9781421432984_Johns Hopkins University Presslibro_electonico_f296f7b4-6315-35c6-9e59-f4fc69795220_9781421432984;9781421432984_9781421432984John HerseyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/johnshopkins_trade-epub-649789a7-5703-4200-bba2-01a85bc39fd4.epub2019-09-10T00:00:00+00:00Johns Hopkins University Press