Madness: Race and Insanity in AmericaThe New York Times Bestseller By Antonia Hylton
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Madness though ostensibly the story of Crownsville is really about the continued lack of understanding treatment and care of the mental health of a people Black people who need it most New York Times In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a page turning 93 year history of Crownsville Hospital one of the United States last segregated asylums On a cold day in March of 1911 officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland Under the supervision of a doctor the men were forced to clear the land pour cement lay bricks and harvest tobacco When construction finished they became the first twelve patients of the state s Hospital for the Negro Insane In Madness Peabody and Emmy award winning journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93 year old history of Crownsville Hospital She blends the intimate tales of patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with a decade worth of investigative research and archival documents As Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum style work camp to a tiny city sitting on 1500 acres it became a microcosm of America s evolving battles over slavery racial integration and civil rights During its peak years the hospital s wards were overflowing with almost 2700 patients By the end of the 20th century the asylum faded from view as prisons and jails became America s new focus Madness Race and Insanity in AmericaThe New York Times Bestseller
Antonia Hylton is the author of MADNESS Race and Insanity in Jim Crow Asylum She s a Peabody and two time Emmy award winning Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC and the cohost of the hit podcasts Southlake and Grapevine.
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Madnesspom Antonia s won several awards including an Emmy for the HBO special episode on the family separation crisis two Gracie Awards for her stories about women a NAMIC Vision Award for reporting on violence and politics in Chicago and two Front Page Awards for special reporting and breaking news Antonia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2015 where she received prizes for her writing and investigative research on race mass incarceration and the history of psychiatry site_link.