The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

Thursday, 29 Jan 2015 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

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. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series Keynote Speaker
Michelle Alexander is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Vanderbilt University. She was a law clerk for Justice Harry Blackmun at the U. S. Supreme Court and for Chief Judge Abner Mikva on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Other events featured in the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series include:

Let Freedom Ring - Carillon Concert
Wednesday, January 14, 11:50am, Central Campus

Community Birthday Celebration
Monday, January 19, 6:00 pm, Ames Middle School, 3915 Mortensen Road, Ames
Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition! After sharing birthday cake, the program begins at 6:30 pm.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Convocation
Thursday, January 22, 3:30 pm, Sun Room, Memorial Union
Come celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and learn how his global vision of equality for everyone remains relevant today. The Advancing One Community Awards will also be presented

Cosponsored By:
  • Anthropology
  • Black Graduate Student Association
  • College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
  • College of Business
  • College of Design
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Human Sciences
  • College of LAS Miller Lecture Funds
  • College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Dean of Students Office
  • George Gund Lecture Fund
  • History
  • Human Development & Family Studies
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Planning Committee
  • Multicultural Student Programming Advisory Comm
  • Office of Senior Vice President and Provost
  • Office of Sr Vice President for Student Affairs
  • Office of the President
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Women's & Gender Studies Program
  • YWCA-Ames ISU
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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