Locking Up Our Own: Crime & Punishment in Black America with James Forman, Jr.

Name: Locking Up Our Own: Crime & Punishment in Black America with James Forman, Jr.
Start: 2018-09-20T11:30:00-04:00
End: 2018-09-20T12:45:00-04:00
Location: Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom, 11038 Bellflower Rd.

by Social Justice Institute

Lecture/Speaker Topic: Social Justice

Thu, Sep 20, 2018

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom, 11038 Bellflower Rd.

Crawford Hall, Room A15C 10900 Euclid Avenue , Cleveland, OH 44106-7243, United States

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Author and former public defender James Forman, Jr., will speak about Locking Up Our Own: Crime & Punishment in Black America, the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. This critically acclaimed book explores mass incarceration, its disproportionate impact on people of color, and why the war on crime that began in the 1970s has been supported by many African American leaders in the nation's urban centers. Free and open to the community. RSVPs recommended to socialjustice@case.edu.

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