Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era cover
Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era
by Thomas C. Leonard
ISBN: 0691175861
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baryphonic · 2020-12-07 · Original thread
Yes.

For the former, I'd recommend chapter three of Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks & White Liberals, about the history of slavery.[1]

For the latter, I'd recommend Illiberal Reformers, about the Progressive Era and its devotees.[2] Later Progressives were responsible for the school-to-prison pipeline and militarized police.[3] The Progressive Era has a wide array of interesting literature, including the writings of many of its early exponents (since they tended to be writers or academics).

[1]https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rednecks-Liberals-Thomas-Sowell...

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Illiberal-Reformers-Eugenics-Economic...

[3]https://reason.com/2017/01/21/no-way-out/