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Jack Black

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Between Tact and Force

From “What’s Wrong with the Right People?,” which appeared in the June 1929 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—along with the magazine’s entire 173-year archive—is available online at harpers.org/archive.…

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A burglar looks at laws and codes

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What’s Wrong With the Right People?

Jack Black retired from crime to become a librarian and advocate for prison reform; in 1926 he published You Can’t Win, a narrative of his life as a thief that…

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June 1929

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