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
[inaudible conversations]. Was the executive director of the National Rainbow coalition. She is the author of arbitrary justice, the power of the american prosecutor which one in the wood. Currently davis is a professor of law at American University Washington College of law. She is the editor of policing the black man arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment. Please join me in welcoming angela j. Davis to the Atlanta History Center. [applause] thank you. I want to thank the Atlanta History Center for having me this evening. I want to thank all of you for coming out. It is great to see so many familiar faces. I see people that i know and people i do not know. Im happy to see everyone. So grateful that so many of you want to hear about this issue and talk about this issue. So thank you for being here. I want to start off by just talking a little bit about how this book came about. I was approached about 2 and a half years ago about of essays that would explore and contextualize the many aw
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
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