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American Justice and Identity with Pamela Jenning and Scott Wood at {pages}.

Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson and Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy

Near the end of the nineteenth century, Mark Twain underscored the complex links between social institutions and identity in his satire of slavery "Pudd'nhead Wilson". In "Just Mercy", 120 years later, Bryan Stevenson explores race, class, and the American criminal justice system through his central story of Walter McMillian who was released from prison in 1993 after spending six years on death row for a crime that he didn't commit. join Pam Jenning (former head of the Mira Costa High School English Dept. and Scott Wood (a law professor at Loyola Marymount University for a three-part series that examines both works and their powerful connections. RSVP essential. 9/28, 10/5 & 10/18/16

Date & Time

October 18, 2016

7:00PM - 8:15PM

Location

Pages, a Bookstore - Manhattan Beach, CA - 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266 904 Manhattan Ave. Manhattan Beach 90266 CA US

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310-318-0900

$60 - Two books and three sessions.

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