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U.S. Policing & Reforms
This section discusses race and policing at a general level, delving into standards for appropriate use of force, and statistical information on police violence.
Race & Justice Resources
African Americans & Police
Matt Agorist, The Truth About Police Violence Against Minorities, What #BlackLivesMatter Isn’t Talking About, The Free Thought Project (Sept. 6, 2015).
Black Radical Congress, Contemporary Police Brutality and Misconduct: A Continuation of the Legacy of Racial Violence, Civil Rights Teaching (Mar. 21, 2001).
Equal Justice Initiative, A History of Racial Injustice (2014).
Nichelle Smith, “Violence Against Blacks Recalls Civil-Rights Era,” USA Today (Feb. 7, 2016).
Josue Zapata, A History of American Violence: Police, All Day Everyday (Apr. 6, 2016).
African Americans & Police
Matt Agorist, The Truth About Police Violence Against Minorities, What #BlackLivesMatter Isn’t Talking About, The Free Thought Project (Sept. 6, 2015).
Black Radical Congress, Contemporary Police Brutality and Misconduct: A Continuation of the Legacy of Racial Violence, Civil Rights Teaching (Mar. 21, 2001).
Equal Justice Initiative, A History of Racial Injustice (2014).
Nichelle Smith, “Violence Against Blacks Recalls Civil-Rights Era,” USA Today (Feb. 7, 2016).
Josue Zapata, A History of American Violence: Police, All Day Everyday (Apr. 6, 2016).
Race & Criminal Justice
ACLU, Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice (2016).
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2d ed. 2012).
Bethonie Butler, “Ava DuVernay’s Netflix Film ‘13th’ Reveals How Mass Incarceration is an Extension of Slavery,” The Washington Post (Oct. 6, 2016).
Charles R. Epp, Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship (2014).
Edwin Grimsley, African American Wrongful Convictions Throughout History, Innocence Project (Feb. 28, 2013).
Andrew Kahn & Chris Kirk, “What It’s Like to Be Black in the Criminal Justice System,” Slate (Aug. 9, 2015).
Pamela Kruger, “Netflix’s ‘13th’ Explores “Modern Slavery” in Incendiary New Documentary,” Fortune (Oct. 6, 2016).
Marc Maurer, Justice for All? Challenging Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, American Bar Association (Jan. 2010).
Marc Mauer, The Crisis of the Young African American Male and the Criminal Justice System, The Sentencing Project (Apr. 15-16, 1999).
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