† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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“Once upon a time, wasn’t singing a part of everyday life as much as talking, physical exercise, and religion? Our distant ancestors, wherever they were in this world, sang while pounding grain, paddling canoes, or walking long journeys. Can we begin to make our lives once more all of a…
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“Which Story, What Story, and Whose Story Is Being Told?” Massa’s Gaze: Screenings & Discussions of the Depictions of Slavery in Film & Television (NYC) “12 Years a Slave Fails to Show Resistance”, Guardian “The Horrors 12 Years a Slave Couldn’t Tell”, Aljazeera America “Why I Wouldn’t See 12…
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Def Poetry – Amiri Baraka – “Why is We Americans” Remembering Activist Poet Amiri Baraka, NPR (36)
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“won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton Rachel Jeantel’s Short Blue Dream by Kiese Laymon (34)
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Harry Belafonte – The Gifts They Gave (11)
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Toni Morrison and Junot Diaz, New York Public Library, December 12, 2013 (7)
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“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” ― John Lennon ( October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) The Death and Life of John Lennon, by Pete Hamill New York Magazine, December 20, 1980 “The news arrived like…
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