FREEMAN’S CHALLENGE with ROBIN BERNSTEIN

1/1/2025

Point of Learning

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Peter talks with Robin Bernstein about her new book Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit, an explosive, moving story about the entangled origins of prison for profit and anti-Black racism.

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FREEMAN’S CHALLENGE with ROBIN BERNSTEIN
1/1/2025
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Peter talks with Robin Bernstein about her new book Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit, an explosive, moving story about the entangled origins of prison for profit and anti-Black racism.

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