"The New Jim Crow" - Author Michelle Alexander, George E. Kent Lecture 2013

Published 2013-03-15
Michelle Alexander, highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, Associate Professor of Law at Ohio State University, and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, delivers the 30th Annual George E. Kent Lecture, in honor of the late George E. Kent, who was one of the earliest tenured African American professors at the University of Chicago.

The Annual George E. Kent Lecture is organized and sponsored by the Organization of Black Students, the Black Student Law Association, and the Students for a Free Society.

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All Comments (21)
  • 2022 and still going. This gem will last as long as YouTube lasts to enlighten the people
  • Excellent data. After 22 years in Federal and State prison. I became a Algebra 1 Certified Teacher for Baltimore City Public School Systems at Fredrick Douglass High School across from Mondawmin Mall...Thank you for your candor and clarity...
  • @ogeorgev
    This was probably one of the most emotional, awakening speeches I've heard. The fact that it dates back to 2013 and yet is so relatable is baffling. Our world, not just the U.S., needs an awakening. From all of us.
  • @kevnar
    She never looked at her notes once. This is a woman who speaks from a beautiful heart, and a brilliant mind. 
  • @bwill8706
    I’m about to order her book from Amazon. I’ve never been a reader but that’s about to change. My ancestors were lynched and murdered for learning to read and write. Here I am taking it for granted.
  • @gtrichur11
    This is a lecture that deserves much more attention.... There is a tremendous dignity in Michelle Alexander's analysis and understanding of the racial present and collective futures facing the United States.
  • I truly believe that this message needs to get out, like world wide. This is maybe a long shot, but how many of us would love to see her book in the form of a TV series where each chapter would come to life with true experiences and examples. Some of us learn and retain more by visualizing what is being taught.
  • @cinderbliss
    Wonderful presentation. Ms. Alexander's movement she has described is what is happening now!
  • @clytchan
    Eloquent, intelligent, thought-provoking, and profound from beginning to end. It’s obvious she did her homework, and she’s also speaking from experience. She is to be celebrated. I’m sure the “powers-that-be” are already trying to come up with ways to silence her, because the truth of what she’s saying can crumble their long-running and despicable agenda.
  • @trux7744
    That was a extremely powerful speech made by a very articulate and deep thinking black woman!! Michelle Alexander would be the best choice for this nation, for this country, if she ever sort office as President of These United States! She would have my vote, and many others as well!
  • I was taking American History at a predominantly white college when I read her book. Her book is a crash course on post Civil War American history. Buy it!
  • @SedricR.
    Great Lecture, this sister is speaking real truth.
  • @TWN321
    28:15 "My great crime wasn't in refusing to represent an innocent man. My great crime was in imagining that there was some path to racial justice that did not include those we view as guilty..." - Powerful...
  • Smart, intelligent, articulate, insightful, bold, black, beautiful! That’s who she is!
  • @ChristianReuben
    Beautiful + intelligent. I love when speakers share their personal growth. Thank you for sharing this Prof. Michelle. This is an eye-opener. Prefer this to 13th. Definitely reading the book.
  • @THECHAZMANXXX
    You notice how she hardly is never looking at her notes? She's speaking this evil truth in such a beautiful way from the heart....
  • @edparedes123
    Amazing speech! What a beautiful heart. We have a lot work needs to be done but, it starts with us first. Looking into our neighbor whatever color he or she is and loving them as we love ourselves.
  • @shah201219
    Salutes, what an inspiration this great professor is. 🙌🙌🙌