Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
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Using original research, photos, interviews, primary sources and newspaper records, Madness is a deep look into the hidden Black history around Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums. This is a fascinating and necessary history told alongside a moving personal narrative.
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, this New York Times bestseller is a page-turning account of one of the nation's last segregated asylums.
"A book that left me breathless." -Clint Smith, New York Times bestselling author of How The Word Is Passed
"Fascinating." -The New York Times
For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers through the ninety-three-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated a...
"A book that left me breathless." -Clint Smith, New York Times bestselling author of How The Word Is Passed
"Fascinating." -The New York Times
For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers through the ninety-three-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated a...























