The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 29 Jan 2015 at 7:00 pm |
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| Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Diversity Lectures Student activities |
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Michelle Alexander is the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness in which she argues that systemic racial discrimination in the United States has resumed following the Civil Rights Movement's gains and is having devastating social consequences. Alexander holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State. Previously, she directed the Civil Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School. She also served for several years as director of the Racial Justice Project at the ACLU of Northern California, which spearheaded a national campaign against racial profiling by law enforcement.