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Farrar Straus And Giroux
Wilbert L. Cooper
The Black Shield: An American Memoir Of Family And Power
N/A
2026
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Publisher > Farrar Straus And Giroux
Author > Wilbert L. Cooper
Title > The Black Shield: An American Memoir Of Family And Power
Issue > N/A
Year > 2026
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ISBN > 9780374613532
Pages > 416
Genre > Biography-And-Autobiography Multi-Cultural Sociology
Nonfiction
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > BOOK
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2026-08
Release > 2026-08-25
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Both an epic history and an intimate family story a startling account of
the lives of Black cops in one Midwestern cityAmid the fervent protests
over police killings in 2020 the reporter Wilbert L Cooper returned to his
hometown of Cleveland to profile the president of a Black police
organization called the Black Shield The group had aligned itself with
activists calling for reform but its president was notorious for having
shot a young unarmed Black man years earlier As Cooper explored the
question of whether Black cops can create the kind of radical changes in
policing that Black people are calling for he was also welcomed by the
members of the group in a different more complicated capacity as Sergeant
Will Coopers sonFor Cooper this assignment was personal His parents are
retired Black Cleveland cops his sister was a Cleveland cop on his mothers
side there has been a Cleveland cop in the family since 1950 In unearthing
the dramatic histories
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-black-shield-an-american-memoir-of-family-
and-power-wilbert-l-cooper/1946609d297d5060
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