Moliere Dimanche

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Moliere "Moe" Dimanche (born November 7, 1987) is a Haitian American artist, author, and prison reform activist. His work focuses on social justice, incarceration, and civil rights. Dimanche grew up in Orlando, Florida. He has written about systemic issues within the U.S. prison system, with works like It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I are One and the Same. His art and writings were featured in Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Nicole Fleetwood. Before becoming a voice advocating prison reform, he served time in prison for the theft of construction materials. While incarcerated, he litigated a civil rights case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Dimanche v. Brown, setting precedent for the future of civil rights cases initiated by incarcerated people under section 1983 of the Ku Klux Klan Act. His art has been featured on The Conversation, and he spoke at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan...

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