WHAT:
Author/legal scholar Michelle Alexander
Speaking on: "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness"
WHEN:
7:00 p.m. Wednesday
October 27
WHERE:
College of Law Courtroom
University of Kentucky
600 Block of Limestone Street
Lexington
Click here for directions to the College of Law.
Free & Open to All.
DETAILS:
Civil Rights attorney/legal scholar Michelle Alexander presents a bold, powerful analysis of how and why mass incarceration is happening in the United States. She argues that we have not eliminated racial caste in America, simply re-designed it.
SPONSORS:
UK African American Studies & Research Program
UK Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
[859] 257-4130
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