Challenging the Carceral State
Bryan Stevenson (1959- )
Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer, social justice advocate, and law professor at New York University School of Law. Stevenson was...
The Prison Abolition Movement (1985- )
The Prison Abolition Movement is a social campaign to eliminate prisons. The movement began in the 1980s following the War on Drugs whose consequence was to...
The Innocence Project: A Short History Since 1983
For more than 25 years, the Innocence Project has been shedding light on systemic failures of the United States criminal...
Angela Davis (1944-)
Angela Davis, activist, educator, and scholar, was born on January 26, 1944, in the “Dynamite Hill” area of Birmingham, Alabama. ...
Elaine Brown (1943- )
From 1974 to 1977, Elaine Brown was Chairwoman of the Black Panther Party. As a Panther, Brown also ran twice...
