Black Women and the Criminal Justice System

How do we make sense of the increasing menace of racial terror in America? Is there a pattern to this racial violence? What is the history of this criminalization of Black women? Why is there no mercy for Black women in the criminal justice system? And how have Black women challenged these injustices in the criminal justice system?

Join the conversation with Sarah Haley, Keisha Blain, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor as they explain the role of race and gender not only in punishment but also in the Making of Jim Crow Modernity. They will explain why race and gender matter for understanding violence, degradation and mass incarceration then and now as well as the ways Black women have resisted these unjust systems.