The Book Club of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, will discuss “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander on Thursday, Dec. 8, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Levin Courthouse Judicial Conference Center in Detroit.
The event is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the center’s Room 722.
The book is available for purchase at all bookstores, Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
All points of view will be welcomed and respected at the Book Club session.
The primary goal of the FBA Book Club is to facilitate an informal but elevated dialogue between the bench and the bar. The book club is non-partisan.
FBA members may attend for free and non-members pay $5.
Lunch is available for $10 or attendees can bring their own.
Registration can be completed online at www.fbamich.org or by contacting Brian D. Figot at 248.594.5950 or fbamich@fbamich.org.
For additional information, contact Andrew S. Doctoroff at 517.335.0236 or doctoroffa@michigan.org.
- Posted November 25, 2016
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Book club to discuss 'The New Jim Crow'
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