10. The Most Unlikely Place

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. Foreword x
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. From Segregation to Desegregation in Texas Prisons: A Timeline xvii
7. Part I. The Outside
8. 1. Broken Barriers 1
9. 2. An Institutional Fault Line 15
10. 3. 18,000 Days 42
11. Part II. The Inside
12. 4. The Color Line Persists 61
13. 5. Cracks in the Color Line 89
14. 6. Full Assault on the Color Line 111
15. 7. The Color Line Breaks 134
16. 8. 7,000 Days Later 163
17. 9. Life in the First Available Cell 176
18. Part III. A Colorless Society?
19. 10. The Most Unlikely Place 203
20. Notes 225
21. Select Bibliography 265
22. Index 269