Racial Bias in Cocaine Laws
The Committee Against Discriminatory Crack Law, a committee sponsored by civil rights and social policy groups, held a symposium on U.S. dru… read more
The Committee Against Discriminatory Crack Law, a committee sponsored by civil rights and social policy groups, held a symposium on U.S. drug laws entitled, “The Experts Speak.” The panelists participating in the symposium discussed alleged bias in drug laws, which may account for a higher rate of arrests and convictions for drug law violations among black males than among white males. During the symposium, Entertainer and Activist Dick Gregory and Reverend Joseph Lowery, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, arose to speak on the nation’s drug policies. close
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- Paul Goldstein Professor University of Illinois
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Dick Gregory Activist
- Irene Jillson-Boostrom Member Americans for Democratic Action
- Marsha Lillie-Blanton Professor Johns Hopkins University
- George Schwartz Specialist Pharmacology
- Richard Seltzer Professor Howard University->Political Science
- Hilary O. Shelton Representative Washington Inter-Religious Community
- Mark Thompson President Pan Afrikan Student Union
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