When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars — which has had disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system.

Sarah A. Seo is a professor at Columbia Law School, where she teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and legal history. She is also the author of Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom (Harvard UP 2019).

This event is free and open to the public and will take place in Meyer Science Center,   Room 145 Buyse Lecture Hall,   located at 430 Howard Street in Wheaton. For more information, contact Amy Chaney at 630.752.5252 or urban.studies@wheaton.edu.