Elizabeth Kai Hinton

@elizabhinton

historian of american inequality, seeking solutions to the nation's policing & prison problems, eternal optimist

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Joined June 2013
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    Charleston church founder Denmark Vesey, born in West Africa, led 1822 slave rebellion in South Carolina.

    8:10 pm - 17 Jun 2015 · Details
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  2. 8 hours ago

    a must read: 's brilliant take on , , & the legacies of the Civil Rights Mov

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  3. 8 hours ago

    many thanks, . I'd love your thoughts on my piece and the issue!

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    Jun 12

    can fully attest to the unexpectedly transformative experience of learning about the carceral state from .

    "once we 'see' the carceral state, all of American history looks much more complicated"
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    Jun 17

    free access to new articles on the history of ! excited for by

    The June JAH special issue on "Historians and the Carceral State" is now available online:
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  6. 8 hours ago

    that means a lot coming from you, .. I can't wait to discuss with you and . mb at ASLH? Mel & me have panel on LEAA

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    thanks, ! also thrilled that made the issue free and open to the public.

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  8. 8 hours ago

    Honored to be included and grateful to , , & Kelly Lytle Hernandez for their vision

    Thanks to + others for a great issue!
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    Jun 11

    Contributing eds. Kelly Lytle Hernandez and discuss June special issue "Historians and the Carceral State"

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  10. Jun 11

    indeed, ed board! Calling this $500 million jail scheme like it is:

    LA Times warns against "construction of expensive new jails built around outmoded thinking, outdated circumstances and nonexistent needs."
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    Jun 8

    Give me.

    First look at the cover of the June JAH special issue: Historians and the Carceral State
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    Jun 8

    Kalief Browder, 1993–2015

    2:30 pm - 8 Jun 2015 · Details
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    Jun 4

    Flashback: President Johnson delivers commencement speech at , June 4, 1965.

    11:03 am - 4 Jun 2015 · Details
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    May 31

    Police violence is a considerable portion of the overall violence committed each year in this America.

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    May 31 Cambridge, MA

    Do you know these brilliant scholars? If not, let me say in advance "I told you so!"

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    May 30

    Congratulations to Black Harvard 2015! We are so proud of you and couldn't love you all any more if we tried. Take the world by storm!

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  17. May 31

    this is a MUST watch for all + allies building movement, thx @Murchnick

    Follow up article "Crack in LA" with tweets from panel she participated in: "Historicizing Ferguson"
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    May 29

    Familiar w/ ? How about the Prisoner's Right's Movement? Robert Chase links it to rise of the in June JAH.

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    May 28

    T or F: US prison population has risen 500% since 1960's? Answer & more in Edward Escobar's article on post-WWII movement.

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