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For most of its history, Crownsville state hospital was the only hospital in Maryland treating Black patients, but the conditions in Crownsville made it more likely patients would die there than go home. In Antonia Hylton’s new book “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum,” she tells the story of Crownsville, and how race and science intertwined to dictate Black mental health in America. » Subscribe to MSNBC: youtube.com/msnbc Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: msnbc.com/maddowblog ReidOut Blog: msnbc.com/reidoutblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm E...

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