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Legal scholar, author, activist

Michelle Alexander

Legal scholar and author of The New Jim Crow, which examined mass incarceration as a system of racial control. Advocates for systemic reform and has been a prominent voice in criminal justice reform movements.

Known For

The New Jim CrowCriminal justice reformSystemic racism analysis

Canon

Books

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness(2010)

Episodes