Criminalizing Blackness: Prisons, Police and Jim Crow – w/ Robert T. Chase and Brandon T. Jett

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After emancipation, aspects of the legal system were reshaped to maintain control of Black lives and labor. Historian Robert T. Chase outlines the evolution of convict leasing in the prison system. And Historian Brandon T. Jett explores the commercial factors behind the transition from extra-legal lynchings to police enforcement of the color line. We examine the connections between these early practices and the more familiar apparatuses of today’s justice system—from policing to penitentiaries. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be sure to visit the <a href= "https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/jim-crow-era/criminalizing-blackness-prisons-police-and-jim-crow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enhanced episode transcript</a> for additional classroom resources for teaching about the history of convict leasing, policing and mass incarceration during the Jim Crow era.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And educators!</span> <a href= "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuXWiVuj9_vNR0EBRXwfBlIJ7CpYwiwNTtDtrQWDxZB9nrdw/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.1748617993=14:+Criminalizing+Blackness:+Prisons,+Police+and+Jim+Crow" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get a professional development certificate</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the code word, then visit</span> <a href= "https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/professional-development" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">learningforjustice.org/podcastpd</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>