By Hands Now Known: How the Criminal Justice System Sustained Jim Crow

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Location:
John and Frances Angelos Law Center
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By Hands Now Known: How the Criminal Justice System Sustained Jim Crow

Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024

5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Angelos Law Center, Moot Courtroom

Join Erica J. Suter, professor of the practice and director of the Innocence Project Clinic at UBalt School of Law, and Joshua Davis, associate professor of history in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, for a discussion with Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law at Northeastern University, on her book By Hands Now Known, an exploration of how police and the court system sustained racial violence in the Jim Crow South. Sponsored by the History Program, History Club, the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, and the Diversity Council, Student Bar Association. This discussion will take place on March 13, 2024, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, followed by a reception with light refreshments from 7:30pm until 8pm. For those who are unable to attend in person, the discussion will be live-streamed via Zoom at https://ubalt.zoom.us/j/95782804708.

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Contact Name:

Lexzander Ernst

Contact Email:

lexzander.ernst@ubalt.edu

Contact Phone:

410.837.5417

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request 10 days prior to a campus event and 30 days prior to an event requiring travel.

Contact Name:
Lexzander Ernst
Contact Email:
lexzander.ernst@ubalt.edu

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request 10 days prior to a campus event and 30 days prior to an event requiring travel.

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