Lecture and Reception

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Social Law Library, John Adams Courthouse

The William P. Homans, Jr. Endowment
of the Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society and the Social Law Library
present

Elizabeth Hinton
Assistant Professor of History and African Studies American Studies
Harvard University and author of

“Why We Should Reconsider the War on Crime” — Time Magazine — It “shapes what is arguably the most important social crisis the United States faces now.”

“Did Blacks Really Endorse the 1994 Crime Bill?” — The New York Times — “African Americans wanted comprehensive action, not mass incarceration”

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