How pop culture framed the crack epidemic
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The Assimilation of Black Families
Donovan X Ramsey's new book is titled When Crack was King, a people's history of a misunderstood era. He says cocaine in the 1970s was not just a drug to be used or sold, but for some economically devastated black people in America. Ramsey: For young people who didn't see a way out of their neighborhoods, cocaine becomes this incredible substance that can change their fortunes.
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