
Robin Bernstein
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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


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


THRILLED that #FreemansChallege is on the long list for the #MassBookAward from Mass Center for the Book. And to be in such good company! UChicagoPress #bookawards



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…

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

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 !


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



Airing TODAY! UChicagoPress


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


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
