For the Color of His Skin : The Murder of Yusuf Hawkins and the Trial of Bensonhurst
by DeSantis, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0886876214
- ISBN 13
- 9780886876210
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pharos Books, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The full story of the 1989 shooting death of a black New Yorker by whites, the racial tensions which led to it and fueled the incident, the reactions by police, the trials of the suspects, the protests by blacks and whites afterwards, the inflammatory activist role of Reverend Al Sharpton, the crisis that Mayor Ed Koch faced from it all, media's role, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, 240pp., book shows blank ffep excised, a couple of pages show smudges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00011993
- Title
- For the Color of His Skin : The Murder of Yusuf Hawkins and the Trial of Bensonhurst
- Author
- DeSantis, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0886876214
- ISBN 13
- 9780886876210
- Publisher
- Pharos Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- US HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY, MAYOR ED KOCH, YUSUF HAWKINS, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, MURDER, HOMICIDE, CRIME, CRIMINOLOGY, CRIMINAL SCIENCE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLICE, COPS, COURTS, JUDGES, JURIES, RACE, RACISM, RACIAL TENSION, REVEREND AL SHARPTON
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- General; Us History;
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JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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- Fine
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