It has resulted in African Americans being incarcerated at four times the rate of white Americans.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “It has resulted in African Americans being incarcerated at four times the rate of white Americans.”
On the recordJune 3, 2019
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Norton highlights racial disparities in incarceration rates.
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