Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Rights and Wreckage in Postwar Harlem 24
6. 2. Black Junkies, White Do- Gooders, and the Metcalf- Volker Act of 1962 67
7. 3. Reverend Dempsey’s Crusade and the Rise of Involuntary Commitment in 1966 98
8. 4. Crime, Class, and Conflict in the Ghetto 133
9. 5. King Heroin and the Development of the Drug Laws in 1973 173
10. 6. Race, Place, and the Tumultuous 1960s and 1970s 217
11. Conclusion “Liberal Sentiments to Conservative Acts” 257
12. Notes 283
13. Acknowledgments 335
14. Index 339