Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander
Alexander in 2017
Born	(1967-10-07) October 7, 1967 (age 57) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Vanderbilt University (BA) Stanford University (JD)
Known for	The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Scientific career
Fields	Race in the United States criminal justice system Racial profiling Racism in the United States
Institutions	Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Michelle Alexander (born October 7, 1967) is an American writer, attorney, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her 2010 book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Since 2018, she has been an opinion columnist for the New York Times.