The New Jim Crow

**One of the *New York Times* ’s Best Books of the 21st Century** ** Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by *Entertainment Weekly‚ ** Slate‚ ** Chronicle of Higher Education‚ ** Literary Hub *,* Book Riot‚ *and* Zora*** **A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—one of the most influential books of the past 20 years, according to the *Chronicle of Higher Education* —with a new preface by the author** **It is in no small part thanks to Alexander’s account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system.* * * *—Adam Shatz,* London Review of Books*** Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander’s *The New Jim Crow*. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new 0 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the *New York Times* bestseller list. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander’s unforgettable argument that we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it. As the *Birmingham News* proclaimed, it is undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S. Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.