Civil Rights Behind Bars with Andrea Armstrong, J.D.

Civil Rights Behind Bars with Andrea Armstrong, J.D.

The 18th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture

Civil Rights Behind Bars with Andrea Armstrong, J.D.

Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Strickler Hall, Middleton Auditorium

Register: https://forms.office.com/r/1QxZLRKRAD

The Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research is delighted to announce Andrea Armstrong as our lecturer for the 18th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture. Andrea Armstrong is an interdisciplinary scholar and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. She is a leading national expert on prison and jail conditions and founder of IncarcerationTransparency.org, which collects and analyzes data on deaths behind bars and in custody. Her profound work in incarceration transparency made her one of the 2023 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant”.

Armstrong’s scholarship focuses on state and federal law governing incarceration and detention policies; she often integrates law, history, public health, and the arts in her efforts to elucidate the human costs of incarceration for broad audiences. Her research, legal writings, and advocacy are rooted in incarcerated people’s experiences in Louisiana, but the influence of her work is much broader.

Armstrong’s lecture topic, Civil Rights Behind Bars, will respond to and challenge poor living conditions in prisons and jails, and in particular the deaths of individuals in custody.

Research Meets Activism Breakfast and Community Panel 
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: UofL Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 1606 Rowan Street Louisville, KY 40203
Register for the breakfast: www.bit.ly/rmabreakfast as space is limited!
The morning following the lecture, Friday, November 8 at 9 a.m., we will host a Research Meets Activism Breakfast at the UofL Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (1606 Rowan Street) with Professor Armstrong and local incarceration transparency organizers and coalitions.

The panelists will be Celine Mutuyemariya, Organizing Director of Black Leadership Action Coalition of Kentucky (BLACK); Shameka Parrish-Wright, VOCAL-Kentucky; Dr. Deonte Hollowell, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at Spalding University; and Monica Graham, Mother of Richard Graham. Amber Duke, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, will moderate the discussion.

The panelists will discuss their scholarly and/or activist work with reference to the Civil Rights Behind Bars lecture. Dr. Andrea Amstrong will provide concluding remarks following the panel discussion. 


Updated November 6, 2024