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Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
The Police and Gangs Of Southern California
Rapper Ice-T, academic Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, and journalist Soren Baker explore the antagonistic relationship that evolved between the Black community and police in Southern California and the music that came out of it.
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