Policing the Black Man

Professor Angela Davis talked about her book Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment, in which she explores the U.S. c… read more

Professor Angela Davis talked about her book Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment, in which she explores the U.S. criminal justice system’s impact on African American boys and men in. The book is a compilation of 12 essays by leading criminal justice scholars and legal experts on several areas of race and law, including racial profiling, implicit bias, the power of police and prosecutors, and mass incarceration. Contributing authors include Bryan Stevenson, law professor and director of the Equal Justice Institute, Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Jeremy Travis, former president of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. close

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Policing the Black Man

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Program ID:
431637-2
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Public Affairs Event
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Location:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
First Aired:
Aug 19, 2017 | 8:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Sep 16, 2017 | 1:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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  • Aug 19, 2017 | 8:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Aug 20, 2017 | 2:30pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Aug 27, 2017 | 10:31am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Sep 04, 2017 | 6:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Sep 16, 2017 | 1:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
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