Keeping Black Girls In School

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 1, 2019

Monique Morris, author, founder and president of the National Black Women's Justice Institute (NBWJI) and executive producer of the documentary PUSHOUT: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, talks about her documentary, which is on the practices, polices and culture behind why black girls end up being suspended at higher rates than their white peers.

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