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11 lip 2023 · What We Meant When We Said Crackhead. “I’ve learned, through hundreds of interviews and years of research, is that what crack really did was expose every vulnerability of society.” By Donovan...
6 lis 2023 · “When Crack Was King” follows four people through the ravages of the crack epidemic and out the other side, and he intersperses their personal narratives with history and politics to put their experiences in context.
10 sty 2018 · As policymakers seek solutions for the ongoing epidemic of opioid overdoses, horror stories about the effects of the drugs fuel calls for more punitive law enforcement, as well as better treatment options.
4 sie 2023 · Donovan X. Ramsey explains how documenting the history of the drug war is a “community project” and looks back on 1990s rap music's anti-crack hits.
The remainder of this introduction reviews the severely-distressed conditions faced by many African American families during the 1980s and 1990s, the historical tradition of extended family among African Americans, and the Crack Era as a defining historical event for many.
23 paź 2023 · Ramsey’s book When Crack was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era (2023) is a counter-story to the soundbites and pithy images about the War on Drugs that were as defining for ‘80s kids as Cabbage Patch Kids.
11 lip 2023 · In the introduction to his new book, When Crack was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey recalls how during his childhood in the early 1990s, the term "crackhead" was used as an insult.
