Book Event: Scott W. Stern with Elizabeth Hinton

IN-STORE EVENT
Monday, January 27, 7:30 PM
Book launch: Scott W. Stern presents There is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas: The Rape Trials That Sustained Jim Crow, and the People Who Fought It, from Thurgood Marshall to Maya Angelou
In conversation with Elizabeth Hinton
Wine reception to follow

Scholar and public interest lawyer Scott W. Stern launches a sweeping study of sexual assault trials in the Jim Crow South—There is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas. Braiding together the stories of two nationally headlining rape trials, Stern examines how the Jim Crow legal system relied on selectively prosecuting rape to uphold the racial, gender, and economic hierarchies of the segregated, unequal South. A kaleidoscopic narrative, There is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas, details the racial and economic inequities of rape law and the resistance of ordinary women ordinary women—including a young Maya Angelou. Joining Stern onstage is acclaimed author and historian Elizabeth Hinton (America on Fire). The two will have an in-depth discussion about the book before an audience Q&A and signing.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Greenlight Bookstore (Fulton Street), 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, United States