One in three Americans has a criminal record. Regardless of conviction, circumstances, age, and severity of crime, this record can and does have significant effect on that person’s ability to find housing, employment, education, food assistance and even essential health care.
![In 1969, actor Samuel L Jackson was expelled from historically black Morehouse College for locking board members in a building for two days in protest of the school’s curriculum and governance. [16] The college eventually agreed to change its policy, but Jackson was charged with and eventually convicted of unlawful confinement, a second-degree felony.[17] Jackson was then suspended for two years for his criminal record and his actions. He would later return to the college to earn his Bachelo... Black History Facts, Black History Month, African Diaspora, African American History, Black People, Real Life, The Globe, Photographer](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/e5/e9/37/e5e937522789e9cf47a4e00e9ee78268--board-member-the-college.jpg)
