Geoff K. Ward, author of “The Black Child-Savers: Racial Democracy and the Juvenile Justice System,” will discuss the rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice and the inner workings of an unequal juvenile justice system during a free presentation at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at Wayne State University Law School’s Partrich Auditorium.

Ward will highlight the generations of “black child-savers” who, over the course of decades, mobilized to challenge the threat of racism in the juvenile justice system; the role this struggle played in the civil rights movement; and the eventual mandate of formal integration of the American juvenile justice system. 

The event is sponsored by the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne Law; The Department of Africana Studies; and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Event co-sponsors include the Department of Criminal Justice, the Department of Sociology, and the Humanities Center. A reception will precede the lecture at 6 p.m. in the atrium.

Parking is available for $6 in Structure 1 on Palmer Avenue across from the Law School.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 29,000 students.