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!

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.