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Year Of Ghana 2012-13 Reading List, Dewi J. Wilson
Year Of Ghana 2012-13 Reading List, Dewi J. Wilson
Research Guides & Subject Bibliographies
Reading list for Kennesaw State's "Year of Ghana" Celebration.
Racial Disparities In Sentencing In The U.S. And Georgia, Kamal Rattray, Nicole Lee
Racial Disparities In Sentencing In The U.S. And Georgia, Kamal Rattray, Nicole Lee
Georgia Journal of Public Policy
Incarceration represents the ultimate use of coercive power, and in the state of Georgia, that power is being disproportionately levied upon people of color, particularly African Americans.1 According to 2011 statistics from the Georgia Department of Corrections, the total prison population statewide was approximately 53,341 inmates. The majority of that number were Blacks (33,069 inmates), followed by Whites (17,752 inmates), Hispanics (2,306 inmates) and other ethnic groups.
Changing Faces, Changing Voices: Hispanics And Georgia’S Spanish-Language Media Environment, D. Xavier Medina Vidal
Changing Faces, Changing Voices: Hispanics And Georgia’S Spanish-Language Media Environment, D. Xavier Medina Vidal
Georgia Journal of Public Policy
Nathan Deal’s successful 2010 campaign to become Georgia’s 82nd governor included a promise to enact an Arizona-style immigration enforcement law in Georgia, a promise he kept when he signed HB 87 into law in May 2011. To be sure, the high saliency of immigration law enforcement and policy reform in Georgia has much to do with rapid growth of the state’s Hispanic population in recent years.
2011-12 Year Of Peru Reading List, Dewi J. Wilson
2011-12 Year Of Peru Reading List, Dewi J. Wilson
Research Guides & Subject Bibliographies
Reading list for Kennesaw State's "Year of Peru" Celebration.