† 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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Brown at 60: Great Progress, a Long Retreat and an Uncertain Future Authors: Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenberg, with Jongyeon Ee and John Kuscera UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, May 15, 2014 “Brown was a major accomplishment and we should rightfully be proud. But a real celebration should also…
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The Explosive 1968 Olympics, International Socialist Review Dr. Harry Edwards: Rebel With A Cause, Bleacher Report 1968: Black athletes make silent protest, BBC (9)
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† 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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A Huey P. Newton Story “Originally born in a small town in Louisiana and later moving with his family to Oakland, California as an infant, HueyO P. Newton became the co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for over 2 decades. Director Spike Lee and Roger Guenveur Smith collaborate…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgIN_JVTM8 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 “For three decades, the film canisters sat undisturbed in a cellar beneath the Swedish National Broadcasting Company. Inside was roll after roll of startlingly fresh and candid 16mm footage shot in the 1960s and 1970s in the United States, all of it focused on…
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete by William C. Rhoden Why Doesn’t The NFL Pay Taxes? The NFL’s Lingering Concussion Problem (18)
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† 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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