DPL Book Group: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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

In Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, legal scholar Michelle Alexander writes that many of the gains of the civil rights movement have been undermined by the mass incarceration of black Americans in the war on drugs.

New members welcome!

The DPL Book Group meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month from September to May, at 6:30-7:30 pm in the Gold Room of the Main Library. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk of the Main Library 4 weeks before the meeting.

Event Type(s): Book Club
Age Group(s): Adults, Seniors