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Does Fear of Black Men Satisfy the “Objective Reasonableness” Standard?

September 22, 2016September 21, 2016 Brian Purnell police brutality, police violence

Another video. Another police shooting. Another Black person’s body dead on an American road. Every person is innocent until proven

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NMAAHC and the Internationalism of African American History

September 21, 2016March 10, 2019 Skyler Gordon

This Saturday, on September 24, 2016, the National Mall will be filled with black church groups and middle school class

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Policy and Possibility in the Movement for Black Lives Platform

September 17, 2016September 13, 2016 Matthew F. Delmont #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“A sense of possibility flows throughout these policy briefs and show that activists in the current black freedom struggle are

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Black Surveillance Matters

September 17, 2016October 27, 2016 Megan Ming Francis #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL

“The BLM platform is a stunning articulation of what a vision of black freedom means and an acknowledgement of the

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Black Lives Matter and the Price of the Ticket

September 16, 2016September 13, 2016 Duchess Harris #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Barack Obama, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“The policy agenda for Black Lives Matter has been relevant for as long as we have had Black lives.” You

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