The Struggle Against Jim Crow North: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration and Educational Discrimination
May 2, 2019 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Jim Crow is best known for its impact in the south, but institutional segregation and systemic inequality defined life for African Americans living in the north through racist policies in housing, schools, and policing. This Conversation in Black Freedom Studies program will feature Brian Purnell, Kris Burrell, Clarence Taylor, and James Forman who will examine the history of the Jim Crow North, and its continued impact on the inequality of today’s educational and criminal justice systems.
Price: Free
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Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard at 135th Street
New York NY 10037 US