Organized by faculty members in the Departments of English (Deborah McDowell), History (Claudrena Harold) and Politics (Vesla Weaver), this multi-disciplinary symposium, sponsored by the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, will examine the historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural roots, as well as the myriad implications of the rise in incarceration in the United States.

Participants include:

• Angela Y. Davis, Political Activist and Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Michelle Alexander, Ohio State University, Associate Professor of Law
• Heather Thompson, University of North Carolina- Charlotte, Associate Professor of History
• Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
• Ruth Gilmore, Director, Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California

Click here for a reproduction of the symposium program 

To listen to audio recordings of the every panel view the symposium's YouTube playlist