Imprisonment of a Race: a one-dat conference at Princeton U.

Princeton University’s Center for African American Studies Presents…



Imprisonment of a Race



Friday, March 25, 2011

10:30am - 6:15 pm

McCosh Hall, Room 10

Princeton University



This one-day conference will focus on the prison system in a historical and present day context through the lens of race. Imprisonment of a Race will feature two panel discussions and a keynote conversation. The conference is free and open to the public. Registration is required - register now.



10:30 am-12:30 pm - Prisons and Prisoners of the 1970’s

Joy A. James (Williams College) • Khalil Gibran Muhammad (Indiana University) Caleb Smith (Yale University) • Linn Washington (Temple University)



1:30-2:00 pm - Film Screening - Acts of Art



2:00-4:00 pm - Prisons of Today

Khalilah Brown-Dean (Yale University) • Marc Mauer (The Sentencing Project) Carla Shedd (Columbia University) • Mark Lewis Taylor (Princeton Theological Seminary)



Keynote Conversation: 4:30-6:00 pm

Cornel West and Michelle Alexander



Registration is free but required.

Visit www.princeton.edu/AfricanAmericanStudies/events/imprisonment





for more information and online registration.



Cosponsored by: Carl A. Fields Center, Department of History, Pace Center, Program in American Studies, and Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies.