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Judge Bruce Wright on racism
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: PM 428Format: Cass A & BProducers: Konnections, Commitee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Introduction by Nancy Kurshan and preliminary comments by Jose Lopez. Lecture by Bruce Wright, judge, scholar, poet and activist for social justice. Using his own experience as a Black man, he describes the history of US racism and the criminal justice system.
Transcript available for download: http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC3_scans/3.wright.speech.bangs.whispers.1989.pdf
Judge Bruce Wright Speaks
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
In a speech given on November 4th 1989, Judge Bruce Wright talks about the legacy of racism in the courts. He specifically focuses on how the US Supreme Court has served as a historical ally of institutional racism in the United States.
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