Kimberlé Crenshaw, Rep. Jamie Raskin Receive 2021 New Press Social Justice Awards
Professor Crenshaw and Congressman Raskin will be honored in New York City on November 9, 2021, at The New Press Social Justice Awards Gala
We’re pleased to announce that The New Press honored Kimberlé Crenshaw for her paradigm-shifting contributions to Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality, and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) for his efforts to uphold the rule of law, at The Social Justice Awards Gala on November 9, 2021, in New York City.
Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, the influential civil rights and constitutional scholar, will receive a New Press Social Justice Award for her significant intellectual and cultural contributions to critical race theory, the analytical framework exposing the persistence of racial hierarchies embedded in U.S. legal traditions; and for intersectionality, her framework for mapping power, privilege, and disadvantage across individual political and social identities.
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the constitutional scholar, activist, and lead impeachment manager in the House of Representatives, will receive a New Press Social Justice Award for upholding democratic norms and the rule of law in the House’s prosecution of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial for inciting the January 6 insurrection.
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