They will start to fill in, and please be nice and show them where there are seats available. Tonight is an elson lecture, and we thank our sponsor, ambassador and mrs. Edward elson, for supporting this program. Tonight angela j. Davis just to be really clear, this is angela j. Davis for anyone who is confused, okay . [laughter] shes going to be talking, shes the editor of policing the black man arrests, prosecution and imprisonment, which she will be discussing this evening. She is, throughout her career as a lawyer, author and professor, angela j. Davis has dedicated her efforts to studying and bettering the criminal Justice System in america, particularly as it relates to prosecutional power and racism within the system. Tonights program is being broadcast for cspan, so this will probably show up in about a week. But that does mean that if you have a question, you should go to the microphone to ask it. And i forgot to say that, so now im going to go back to her bio, but i wanted to
The vp of public programs. Theres a little weird feedback thing, but i think its good now. We are missing a few people, so they will start to fill in, and please be nice and show them where there are seats available. Tonight is an elson lecture, and we thank our sponsor, ambassador and mrs. Edward elson, for supporting this program. Tonight angela j. Davis just to be really clear, this is angela j. Davis for anyone who is confused, okay . [laughter] shes going to be talking, shes the editor of policing the black man arrests, prosecution and imprisonment, which she will be discussing this evening. She is, throughout her career as a lawyer, author and professor, angela j. Davis has dedicated her efforts to studying and bettering the criminal Justice System in america, particularly as it relates to prosecutional power and racism within the system. Tonights program is being broadcast for cspan, so this will probably show up in about a week. But that does mean that if you have a question, y
The vp of public programs. Theres a little weird feedback thing, but i think its good now. We are missing a few people, so they will start to fill in, and please be nice and show them where there are seats available. Tonight is an elson lecture, and we thank our sponsor, ambassador and mrs. Edward elson, for supporting this program. Tonight angela j. Davis just to be really clear, this is angela j. Davis for anyone who is confused, okay . [laughter] shes going to be talking, shes the editor of policing the black man arrests, prosecution and imprisonment, which she will be discussing this evening. She is, throughout her career as a lawyer, author and professor, angela j. Davis has dedicated her efforts to studying and bettering the criminal Justice System in america, particularly as it relates to prosecutional power and racism within the system. Tonights program is being broadcast for cspan, so this will probably show up in about a week. But that does mean that if you have a question, y
Do we . And is that the correct term for it . Chris, thanks for the opportunity to share on these difficult, seemingly intractable issues. I was at a meeting at the Brookings Institution earlier in the week. And they are asking similar questions. I think that we in america journalistically and historically pick up on this story in the middle. If you pick up on the story in the middle, what it appears is that black people are on theo logically, intellectually deficient, and some people say even prone to violence. In order to really deal with this, we have to deal with the policies and political and economic realities that cause what it is that we see in washington, what we see in the united states, what we see, really, globally. I believe that this begins with the violence of bringing people to this nation against their will, with a violence over a period of time that you see in jim crow. The violence that you see in the federal housing policies that created ghettos, the violence in edu
Center. From 1998 to 2001 she was a lead attorney of the juvenile unit for thedistrict of columbia. Awards she has received include the leadership price from the juvenile law center and 2013 Robert E Shepard junior award for excellence in juvenile defense from the National Juvenile offender center. Her latest book the rage of innocence how america criminalizes black youth was described by georgetown paul butler as a lucid analysis from a brilliant scholar at the top of her game. And by the Washington Post as comprehensive, meticulously researched, written language accessible to lawyers and laypeople alike and most importantly articulated realistically with forms that are in reach right now. Kristens advice on how to honor the black children who are so oftenempowered by our justice hesystem is simple. Tell her story. In the wake of worldwide outrage and highprofile examples of f Racial Injustice and inequality the rage of innocence sheds light on many lesserknown but equally troubling e