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Resisting Carceral Cities: A Conversation with Carl Suddler and Garrett Felber

November 30, 2020November 29, 2020 AAIHS Editors Black political thought, carceral state, juvenile justice, Nation of Islam, New York, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Violence, racism

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

Understanding State Repression and the Carceral State

November 19, 2020November 15, 2020 Mohamad Jarada #ThoseWhoKnow, carceral state, mass incarceration, police violence

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Garrett Felber’s Those Who Know Don’t Say.

Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State

November 11, 2020November 9, 2020 Denise Lynn Black political thought, black politics, class, Communism, police brutality, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Capitalism, racism

During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that

#SayHerName: Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor

November 2, 2020October 31, 2020 Sasha Ann Panaram police violence, policing, race, racism, social justice, white supremacy

More than six months after Breonna Taylor’s murder and in the wake of former detective Brett Hankison’s indictment on three

Visualizing the End of Human Captivity

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Felicia Denaud art, book review, carceral state, police violence, prisons, race, violence

What happens to contemporary art when we foreground conditions in which expressive autonomy incites repression, surveillance, and severe punishment? What