MPR News is Member supported public media. Show your support today, donate, and ensure access to local news and in-depth conversations for everyone.

Grow the Future of Public Media

Gallery

Ken Burns on 'The Central Park Five' documentary

Civil rights attorney Michelle Alexander, speaking at the University of St. Thomas April 10, 2013 about her book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." She says the imprisonment of poor and minority people is creating a new caste system in America and is turning back the clock on racial progress.

Michelle Alexander: 'The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness'

Share

Grow the Future of Public Media