Michelle Alexander – American lawyer and writer, author of The New Jim Crow and The War on Drugs. The first became a landmark study of racial discrimination in the U.S. prison system. She blends legal expertise with powerful prose, reshaping debates on justice, inequality and civil rights.
✨ Once worked as a civil rights lawyer in California. 🌍 Her book is studied at universities worldwide. 🎤 Known for speeches that sound more like manifestos. 📖 Managed to persuade even tough-on-crime believers. 👩🏫 Taught law at Stanford and Ohio State. 📰 Writes opinion pieces for The New York Times. 📢 Explains complex legal systems in plain, human language. 🤝 Inspires young activists to fight racism and injustice. 📦 Publishers were hesitant to accept The New Jim Crow — now it’s iconic. 🙃 Curious: she was once invited to an event by organisers who hadn’t even read her book and kept misnaming it. 😄 Funny: students joke that after her lectures “even coffee feels political”.