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Unholy Alliances : Working the Tawana Brawley Story
by Taibbi, Mike; Sims-Phillips, Anna
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151880506
- ISBN 13
- 9780151880508
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, Publishers, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The fascinating and disgusting full story of the black woman who falsely claimed that she had been gang-raped by white racists - including police - how mass media instantly leaped to her defense without checking facts, the racist propagandistic exploitation of the allegations by black activists such as Al Sharpton, the confused and self-serving flip-flopping by media once the story was exposed as a hoax, the motivations of the accuser herself and how activists rallied to shelter her, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains glossy illustrations, 375pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00007788
- Title
- Unholy Alliances : Working the Tawana Brawley Story
- Author
- Taibbi, Mike; Sims-Phillips, Anna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition (stated).
- ISBN 10
- 0151880506
- ISBN 13
- 9780151880508
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- US HISTORY, RAPE, RAPISTS, MASS MEDIA, TELEVISION, JOURNALISTS, TV, JOURNALISM, BLACKS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, NEGROES, NEGROS, ETHNICITY, RACE, RACISTS, CRIME, CRIMINALS, CRIMINOLOGY, POLICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AL SHARPTON, POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, ACTIVISM, RACIS
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- General; Us History;
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JB Books
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JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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