Kica's Corner | James Forman Jr.

Today on " Kica's Corner" host Kica Matos talks with James Forman about his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America". James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is a graduate of Atlanta’s Roosevelt Hig…

Today on " Kica's Corner" host Kica Matos talks with James Forman about his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America". 
James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is a graduate of Atlanta’s Roosevelt High School, Brown University, and Yale Law School, and was a law clerk for Judge William Norris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the United States Supreme Court. He teaches Constitutional Law, a seminar on Race and the Criminal Justice System, and a clinic called the Educational Opportunity and Juvenile Justice Clinic.

 

Kica's Corner | Barbara Fair & Patricia Kane

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On “Kica’s Corner,” host Kica Matos welcomes community activist Barbara Fair and lawyer Patricia Kane, who supported Corey Menafee earlier this year, to speak about two events happening on Friday, October 26 a rally at 3pm hosted by the Change the Name Coalition demanding that Yale rename Calhoun College, and a protest against police brutality outside of the New Haven Police Department at 5pm. During the show, the reasons for renaming Calhoun College are discussed, as is the case of Fair’s daughter Holly Tucker, who was stopped and allegedly assaulted by the police on September 10 of this year.