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Robin Bernstein

@robinmbernstein

Author of Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America's Original Prison for Profit. Reposts are not endorsements.

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NPR's It's Been a Minute is one of my FAVORITE podcasts! So hype I got to be on with the homie @marciachatelain and talk all things @oprah! Good times! I hope you'll check out the episode! Thank you Brittany Luse!! #NPR #Wellesley

NPR's It's Been a Minute is one of my FAVORITE podcasts! So hype I got to be on with the homie @marciachatelain and talk all things @oprah! Good times! 

I hope you'll check out the episode! Thank you <a href="/bmluse/">Brittany Luse</a>!! #NPR #Wellesley
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MCB is proud to sponsor a nonfiction panel Newburyport Literary Festival with Robin Bernstein about her book "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit." She will be joined in conversation by Toussaint Losier. More info at newburyportliteraryfestival.org

MCB is proud to sponsor a nonfiction panel <a href="/NBPTLitFest/">Newburyport Literary Festival</a> with <a href="/RobinMBernstein/">Robin Bernstein</a> about her book "Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit." She will be joined in conversation by Toussaint Losier. More info at newburyportliteraryfestival.org
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I just wrote a reader's report in which I recommended that a journal article be published with no revisions. I've never done that before. It feels good.

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How long has the US had for-profit prisons & unpaid prison labor? Robin Bernstein (in convo w/ Nicole Fleetwood of Marking Time ) tells how William Freeman, a Black man incarcerated in NY **in the 1840s**, sought back wages for his prison labor. inquest.org/the-profit-mot…

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TODAY: Nicole Fleetwood & I are in dialogue about #prison labor, the art & intellectual work of incarcerated people, and of course William Freeman. Thx to Inquest for so much incisive critique of the #prisonindustry inquest.org/the-profit-mot… Marking Time UChicagoPress

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I'm so grateful that Shamaan Casey Voice Over Content shared his rich, smooth voice and acting talent for the #audiobook of #FreemansChallenge. Check out this gorgeous clip that Shamaan posted in honor of #juneteenth2025 !

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TODAY at 1:30 PST/4:30 EST: I'll be LIVE on Positive Talk Radio. Tune in at youtube.com/live/Uzwov5L-s… to hear me talk about how we can access voices from the past--and how YOU can preserve your family's history for future generations. #FreemansChallenge UChicagoPress

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Opportunity! 🔥 This Friday, The Writing Community Chat Show welcomes Robin Bernstein – Harvard Professor, award-winning author, and one of the leading voices on race, culture, and history in America. Robin’s latest book, “Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America’s

Opportunity! 🔥

This Friday, The Writing Community Chat Show welcomes Robin Bernstein – Harvard Professor, award-winning author, and one of the leading voices on race, culture, and history in America.

Robin’s latest book, “Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America’s
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Upcoming Interview: Robin Bernstein! This Friday, join us for an incredible conversation with Robin Bernstein, Harvard professor and acclaimed cultural historian! We'll be diving into her groundbreaking new book, Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America's Original

Upcoming Interview: Robin Bernstein!

This Friday, join us for an incredible conversation with Robin Bernstein, Harvard professor and acclaimed cultural historian!

We'll be diving into her groundbreaking new book, Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America's Original
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In this clip with Positive Talk Radio , I talk about what the #UndergroundRailroad was--and wasn't--and how #WilliamFreeman 's family was a part of this heroic effort. UChicagoPress #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #Slavery #Freedom

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I came up with some rhymes that tickle me. My GF says they're awful. "We can make bricolage in my ecolodge, But Baby, don't bogart the folk art."

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Many thanks to The Black Studies Podcast for this great interview! It was an honor to talk with you about the true origins of #PrisonForProfit (spoiler alert: it started half a century before the #CivilWar and the #13thAmendment). UChicagoPress #FreemansChallenge