# Event Details - **Event Name**: BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 12 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 12 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: BookPeople welcomes Talitha L. LeFlouria to celebrate the release of Searching for Jane Crow.About this EventPlease welcome Talitha L. LeFlouria to celebrate Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block!This event is free and open to the public.Start time: 7:00 P.M.Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.Location: The second floor of BookPeople.The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.For high volume events, post-talk signing lines can become very long. For such events, we recommend arriving and checking in to the event early as that will get you into an earlier signing group.Guidelines:Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed.If you have any accessibility concerns regarding seating, please contact online@bookpeople.comIf you have any other questions, please visit our Eventbrite FAQ. If your question isn't covered in the FAQ, feel free to email us at online@bookpeople.com.All event guidelines are subject to change.BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.There will not be a live stream or recording available.About the book:Arguing that the merger between profit and punishment continues to keep Black people bound, LeFlouria traces the connection between enslavement and incarceration, revealing how they have always been intertwined—from the domestic slave trade of 1810-1865, when an estimated one million people were incarcerated in privately owned slave jails, to the post-Civil War era when Black people were enslaved through new systems of state-sponsored mass incarceration, and through to today.About the author:Talitha L. LeFlouria is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the history of Black women, mass incarceration, and the legacies of American slavery. She is an associate professor of history, and the Mastin Gentry White Fellow in Southern History at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of the multi-award-winning book, Chained in Silence. Dr. LeFlouria has received numerous awards for her research, including an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and her work has been featured in The Atlantic, the Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, The Root, and Vox.By purchasing a book from BookPeople, you are not only supporting a local, independent business – you’re showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to BookPeople.Thank you for supporting Talitha L. LeFlouria and your local independent bookstore! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/austin/bookpeople-presents-talitha-l-leflouria-searching-for-jane-crow/100001989621458341 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit, womens-history-month - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: BookPeople - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Austin - **state**: TX - **country**: United States - **location**: BookPeople - **lat**: 30.271987 - **long**: -97.7530036 - **full address**: BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/51a3672ed2fdbc67d2a1832501cf4a6d5adcc4f527b5d36a9ccfa5574be8fd92-rimg-w1200-h600-dcfea55e-gmir.jpg?v=1779469242 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow being held? - **A:** BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow takes place on Wed, 12 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 12 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm at BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow? - **A:** BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow is organized by BookPeople. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Austin, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. LeFlouria - Searching for Jane Crow sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "BookPeople Presents: Talitha L. 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