The Clements Bookworm Author Conversation with Robin Bernstein "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit"
The Clements Bookworm Author Conversation with Robin Bernstein "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit"
Contrary to popular belief, prison for profit originated in the North, not the South, long before the Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution (which outlawed involuntary servitude "except as a punishment for crime"). Robin Bernstein's latest book, Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America's Original Prison for Profit, exposes the true origins of profit-driven incarceration through the heartbreaking story of William Freeman, an Afro-Native teenager who challenged the system at its source. Bernstein will be joined in conversation by Professor LaKisha Simmons.
U-M William L. Clements Library
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Fri, 17 Jan 2025