Good Kids, Bad City
A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America

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- Release Date: 02/12/2019
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Classification: Nonfiction
- Classification: Nonfiction
- Series: N/A
- Language: English
- Format: Unabridged edition
- Genre: Politics, Social Issues
- Author: Kyle Swenson
- Read by: J. D. Jackson
- Duration: 664 minutes
- Run Time: 664 minutes
- Language: English
- Language: English
- Audio Library Digital - 9781974930890
- Audio Retail Digital - 9781974930906
- 9 Audio CD(s) - 9781974930876
- 2 Audio MP3 CD(s) - 9781974930913
- Playaway - 9781974930920
Good Kids, Bad City
Good Kids, Bad City
A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America
A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America
- By Kyle Swenson
- Genre: Politics, Social Issues
Audio Library Digital
02/12/2019
664 minutes
9781974930890
Audio Retail Digital
02/12/2019
664 minutes
9781974930906
Audio CD
02/12/2019
9 Audio CD
664 minutes
9781974930876
Audio MP3 CD
02/12/2019
2 Audio MP3 CD
664 minutes
9781974930913
Playaway
02/12/2019
664 minutes
9781974930920
Description:
In the early 1970s, three African-American men?Wiley Bridgeman, Kwame Ajamu, and Rickey Jackson?were accused and convicted of the brutal robbery and murder of a man outside of a convenience store in Cleveland, Ohio. The prosecution’s case, which resulted in a combined 106 years in prison for the three men, rested on the more-than-questionable testimony of a pre-teen, Ed Vernon. The actual murderer was never found. Almost four decades later, Vernon recanted his testimony, and Wiley, Kwame, and Rickey were released. But while their exoneration may have ended one of American history’s most disgraceful miscarriages of justice, the corruption and decay of the city responsible for their imprisonment remain on trial. Interweaving the dramatic details of the case with Cleveland’s history?one that, to this day, is fraught with systemic discrimination and racial tension?Swenson reveals how this outrage occurred and why. Good Kids, Bad City is a work of astonishing empathy and insight: an immersive exploration of race in America, the struggling Midwest, and how lost lives can be recovered.Quotes:
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"""[A] vivid, extensively researched debut...Cinematically written, this powerful tragedy of racial injustice and urban dysfunction will make readers question the idea that America can promise 'justice for all.", Publishers Weekly
"""[A] vivid, extensively researched debut...Cinematically written, this powerful tragedy of racial injustice and urban dysfunction will make readers question the idea that America can promise 'justice for all.", Publishers Weekly
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