The Sonic Color Line, Black Women, and Police Violence
This post is part of our online forum in honor of Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes historical
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#SayHerName–Police Violence Against Black Women and Girls: An Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie
In today’s post, Jenn M. Jackson, writer and doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago,
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The 1967 Detroit Uprising and the Failure of the Criminal Justice System
Standing before judge Robert Columbo, a Detroiter made a standard defendant’s request to be released on his own recognizance. He
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“Left Exposed to View!”: Black Women and Sexualized Violence
In May 1962, Malcolm X delivered a commanding speech with his now infamous lines regarding the positionality of Black women:
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Black Lives, Policing, and Historical Memory
On April 8, 2018, Danville police responded to a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman. The woman accused
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