<div><p>Racially profiled and wrongfully imprisoned during his second year at Harvard Law School, hip-hop activist Bryonn Bain successfully sued the New York City Police Department and wrote the <I>Village Voice </I>cover story "Walking While Black." Now Bain has taken his own disturbing experiences of racial profiling and personal demoralization and turned them into teachable moments for an entire nation. <I>The Ugly Side of Beautiful </I>takes an unflinching look at the injustices of our prison system and strives to help us think outside the cage.</p></DIV>