The Howard University professor moved around the circle of D.C. jail inmates and undergraduate students, asking each of the 20 why he or she had enrolled in her once-a-week, three-hour course examining crime and justice.


Minkailu Davies, a 23-year-old inmate, said he wanted to change society’s perception of black men. Rolanda Taylor, a senior at Howard, has studied the juvenile justice system and now wants to learn about the adult system.


Then the professor arrived at 36-year-old Nick Cannon — Howard University’s newest celebrity undergrad, who was slouching forward in his seat doodling on his black-and-white composition notebook.


“I want to hear your stories and journeys,” said Cannon, who is majoring in legal communications. “So when I am speaking on these big platforms, I am speaking for all of us, and not just my own opinion.”


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