The Resource My brother Moochie : regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South, Issac J. Bailey
My brother Moochie : regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South, Issac J. Bailey
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The item My brother Moochie : regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South, Issac J. Bailey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for thirty-two years. Bailey tells the story of their relationship and of his experience living in a family suffering from guilt and shame. Drawing on sociological research as well as his expertise as a journalist, he seeks to answer the crucial question of why Moochie and many other young black men--including half of the ten boys in his own family--end up in the criminal justice system
- Language
- eng
- Label
- My brother Moochie : regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South
- Title
- My brother Moochie
- Title remainder
- regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South
- Statement of responsibility
- Issac J. Bailey
- Subject
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- African American men -- Biography
- African American men -- Family relationships
- African American men -- Family relationships -- Biography
- African American prisoners
- African American prisoners -- Biography
- Bailey, Issac J
- Biography
- African American families
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- Crime -- United States -- Social aspects
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- United States
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- African American families -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for thirty-two years. Bailey tells the story of their relationship and of his experience living in a family suffering from guilt and shame. Drawing on sociological research as well as his expertise as a journalist, he seeks to answer the crucial question of why Moochie and many other young black men--including half of the ten boys in his own family--end up in the criminal justice system
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bailey, Issac J
- Dewey number
- 306.85/08996073
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bailey, Issac J
- African American men
- African American prisoners
- African American families
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Crime
- African American families
- African American men
- African American prisoners
- Crime
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- United States
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- African American families
- African American prisoners
- African American men
- Crime
- Label
- My brother Moochie : regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South, Issac J. Bailey
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1020293896
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781590518601
- Lccn
- 2017049799
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- My brother Moochie : regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South, Issac J. Bailey
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1020293896
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781590518601
- Lccn
- 2017049799
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- African American men -- Biography
- African American men -- Family relationships
- African American men -- Family relationships -- Biography
- African American prisoners
- African American prisoners -- Biography
- Bailey, Issac J
- Biography
- African American families
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- Crime -- United States -- Social aspects
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- United States
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- African American families -- Biography
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