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SUMMARY:Get Off My Neck
DESCRIPTION:The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the injustices and racial inequities in the U.S. criminal legal system. This in-person program is free to the public\, but registration is required. You may register here. \nAbout the Book\nIn Get Off My Neck (MIT Press\, 2024) Debbie Hines draws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer\, former Baltimore prosecutor\, and assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland to argue that US prosecutors\, as the most powerful players in the criminal legal system\, systematically target and criminalize Black people. Hines describes her disillusionment as a young Black woman who initially entered the profession with the goal of helping victims of crimes\, only to discover herself aiding and abetting a system that prizes plea bargaining\, speedy conviction\, and excessive punishment above all else. In this book\, she offers concrete\, specific\, and hopeful solutions for just how we can come together in a common purpose for criminal justice and racial justice reform. \nGet Off My Neck explains that the racial inequities in the prosecutorial system are built into our country’s DNA. What’s more\, they are the direct result of a history that has conditioned Americans to perceive the Black body as insignificant at best and dangerous at worst. Unlike other books that discuss the prosecutor’s office and change from inside the office\, Hines offers a proactive approach to fixing our broken prosecutorial system through a broad-based alliance of reform-minded prosecutors\, activists\, allies\, communities\, and racial justice organizations—all working together to end the racist treatment of Black people. Told intimately through personal\, family\, and client narratives\, Get Off My Neck is not only a deeply sobering account of our criminal legal system and its devastating impact on Black children\, youth\, and adults\, but also it is a practical and inspiring roadmap for how we can start doing better right now. Books will be available for purchase. \nAbout the Speakers\nDebbie Hines is a former Baltimore prosecutor and Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland. Ms. Hines is a trial attorney and an advocate for racial equity in the criminal justice system. She maintains a private law practice focused on civil and criminal litigation in Washington\, DC. A leading voice in the discourse of criminal justice and race\, Hines is often called on by media networks for legal commentary. \nCarl Suddler is an associate professor of history at Emory University. His first book\, Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York (2019) is widely used in college and graduate classrooms across the country. \nProfessor Suddler has published works that have appeared in the Journal of American History\, Journal of African American History\, American Studies Journal\, and Journal of Sports History. In 2020\, he edited a special issue of The American Historian magazine that historically contextualized the global protests that occurred in the wake of the murders of George Floyd\, Breonna Taylor\, and others. His expertise is in high demand from scholarly communities and media outlets such as CNN\, ABC News\, Al Jazeera\, Black News Channel\, and NPR. \nIn addition to a number of public-facing projects\, Suddler is currently working on a second book project\, tentatively titled No Way Out: The Carceral Boundaries of Race and Sports. The book uncovers the hidden fingerprints of police power in sports over the past 150 years and tells the stories of how Black athletes have been forced to navigate the constantly growing police presence in their daily lives. \nNOTE: Limited free parking is available on site behind the library only. Once parked\, secure a pass from the security desk inside. Additional on-street parking is free at 7p.m.
URL:https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/get-off-my-neck/
LOCATION:Auburn Avenue Research Library\, 101 Auburn Avenue NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture & Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest
DESCRIPTION:The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History\, in collaboration with Hosea Helps\, A Cappella Books and The Baton Foundation\, is honored to host a virtual lecture and on-site lecture and book signing to recognize Hosea L. Williams’ 96th birthday (January 5\, 1926). Dr. Rolundus R. Rice will discuss his latest publication\, Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest (University of South Carolina Press\, 2022). This event is free to the public\, but registration is suggested. Masks are required. You may register here. \nAbout the Book\nWhen civil rights leader Hosea Lorenzo Williams died in 2000\, U.S. Congressman John Lewis said of him\, “Hosea Williams must be looked upon as one of the founding fathers of the new America. Through his actions\, he helped liberate all of us.” \nIn this first comprehensive biography of Williams\, Dr. Rice demonstrates the truth in Lewis’ words and argues that Williams’ activism in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was of central importance to the success of the larger Civil Rights Movement. Rice traces Williams’ journey as a local activist in Georgia to becoming a national leader and one of Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s chief lieutenants. He helped plan the Selma-to-Montgomery March and walked shoulder-to-shoulder with Lewis across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on “Bloody Sunday.” \nHosea Williams played the role of enforcer in SCLC\, always ready to deploy what he called his “arsenal of agitation.” While his hard-charging tactics may have seemed out of step with the more diplomatic approach of other SCLC leaders\, Rice suggests that it was precisely this contrast in styles that made the organization so successful. Rice also follows Williams’ career after King’s assassination\, as he moved into local Atlanta politics. While his style made him loved by some and hated by others\, readers will come to appreciate the central role Williams played in the most successful nonviolent revolution in American history. \nAndrew Young Jr.\, former SCLC executive director\, U.S. Congressman\, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations\, and mayor of Atlanta\, provides a foreword. \n“Hosea Williams is the definitive study of one of America’s most gifted civil rights activists and political mavericks. Rice brilliantly traces the pioneering path of the talented movement strategist and protest provocateur—from his legendary association with Martin Luther King\, Jr. and Jesse Jackson\, to his transformative work for the poor\, and his sublime agitation as a uniquely styled politician.” — Michael Eric Dyson\, author of Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America. \nAbout the Author\nRolundus Rice holds a Ph.D. in history from Auburn University. He currently serves as vice president of academic affairs at Rust College in Holly Springs\, Mississippi. \nNOTE: Limited free parking is available in the parking lot directly behind the library. All other parking is paid. \nVirtual Options\nClick Here for Zoom \nClick Here for Facebook
URL:https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/hosea-williams-a-lifetime-of-defiance-and-protest/
LOCATION:Auburn Avenue Research Library\, 101 Auburn Avenue NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30303\, United States
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