Shaka Senghor
Writer and Criminal Justice Activist
In 1991, Shaka Senghor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent the next 19 years behind bars, seven of them in solitary confinement. Today, Senghor has become a vocal advocate for prison reform, and tackling the problem of mass incarceration, in all its complex ugliness, head on. Senghor’s memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, was released in March 2016 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List as well as The Washington Post Best Seller List.
“I was incarcerated well before I was in prison and I was free before the gates of prison opened up and let me out.”
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“Resilience” is being able to withstand hardship; “antifragility” goes one step further.
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Join Big Think Live for a discussion with human rights advocate and best-selling author Shaka Senghor. Learn how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the prison population and why it has […]
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The formula for resilience? Hope, grit, and amnesia.
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Who you let into your mental space matters.
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Here’s how the 13th Amendment allows companies make a dubious profit off the backs of prisoners.
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Shaka spent nearly two decades in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, and spent 7 of those years in solitary confinement. But he says that it’s life after prison that can be much more shocking.
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