The annual event will feature James Forman, Jr., author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
The Booklovers’ Breakfast kicks of Black History Month at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Tickets for the popular event go on sale TODAY!
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Saturday, February 2, 2019
8:30am – Noon
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
700 Aliceanna St.
Former public defender James Forman Jr. is a leading critic in mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. Since 2011, Forman has taught constitutional law and a course called “Race, Class, and Punishment” at Yale Law School. A graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School, he worked as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Advanced registration is required. Deadline for registration is January 29. All seats are reserved in order of receipt of registration and payment.