What is critical race theory and why has this decades old academic concept recently come under attack in the halls of Congress and local school board meetings? Three scholarly experts on race and the law provide answers: Part 1 provides an accurate definition of CRT and look back at when and why it began. We will also explore the contemporary attacks on CRT and the battlegrounds where these attacks are happening. In Part 2, our guests examine how CRT can used as a tool to better understand today's legal practices and policies, from policing, voting rights, and mass incarceration to social justice movement, the rule of law, and even the confirmation hearing of now-Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Transcript available at bit.ly/3fkFjQa.