Malcolm X ( May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” More here (10)
Warrior Queen: Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992)
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) Power By Audre Lorde The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children. I am trapped on a desert of raw gunshot wounds and a dead child dragging his shattered black face off the…
“It’s Simple Mathematics”
Real Solutions Don’t Demand Marriage, Just lots of Math.. See also Prison Culture, The Atlantic and The Washington Post (21)
CI: Crimes of Style ~ Jean-Michel Basquiat
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Crimes of Style ~ Jean-Michel Basquiat by nancy…
Art/Life: “The Last Supper”
New York Times/ see Slide Show That the world knows what a condemned person was served — indeed, that such information is often part of the narrative of the execution itself, posted on Web sites and in news articles from the prison — is what initially caught Professor Green’s attention……
CI: How to Convey the Horror?
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. How to Convey the Horror? by nancy a heitzeg…
CI: “A Life Lived Deliberately”
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. “A Life Lived Deliberately” by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Graduation Speech…
CI: Confidence Men & “Prison Reform”
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Confidence Men & “Prison Reform” by Kay Whitlock I…