James Forman Jr. Wins Pulitzer Prize

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April 19, 2018 | Member News

James Forman Jr. of Yale Law School has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction for his book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. The book explores the relationship between race, class, and the American criminal justice system. It was also named one of the “10 Best of 2017” by TheNew York Times.

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