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VideoReparationsChicago Youth Speak about police brutalityInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingThe Race Gap in America’s Police DepartmentsRace in Police DepartmentsInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingWhat Is Racial Profiling? The Racial Profiling Debate: Are There Pros and Cons? Racial ProfilingInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
VideoSlavery By Another NameSlaveryInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
LessonAbout Slavery by Another Name in the ClassroomSlaveryInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
VideoA historical background of the 14th amendmentSlavery:historical backgroundInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
LessonThe Problem With ProfilingStudents explore the issue of racial profiling and post their conclusions to a youth message board.Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingThe Black Codes and Why They Matter Today
Their impact on policing and prison in the 21st century
The Black CodesInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
LessonThe Summer of Rage: Lessons from the Riots in Detroit and Newark 50 Years AgoThe Summer of RageInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingStop-and-Frisk: A Brief History of a Controversial Policing ToolThis interactive explainer, produced by Newsbound’s Josh Kalven, explores the evolution of stop-and-frisk policing and the heated legal battles that have long surrounded it.Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingEquality Under the Law? Investigating Race and the Justice SystemThis is an anchor lesson for teaching Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING. Lesson includes links to related articles from the New York Times. Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingMike Brown’s shooting and Jim Crow lynchings have too much in common. It’s time for America to own upJim Crow LynchingsInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
LessonFacing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital AgeUsing Ferguson as a case study, students will explore the media coverage and the protests that followed—driven to a large degree by social media—and learn to become informed and effective civic participants in today’s digital landscape. Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
Reading10 Racist US Supreme Court Rulings10 Racist US Supreme Court RulingsInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingThe Ferguson SyllabusA group called Sociologists for Justice presents a collection of research studies on racism and policing. They provide important socio-historical context for the shooting death of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson, and the uprising that followed in Ferguson, MO, during August, 2014.Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
LessonExploring Solutions to Address Racial Disparity ConcernsThis lesson will help students reflect on some of the underlying problems and issues that have emerged from the deaths of Michael Brown (Ferguson, MO), Eric Garner (Staten Island, NY) and Tamir Rice (Cleveland, OH), undertake research and present viable solutions. Students will learn more about some of strategies and reforms that have been circulating and will then work in small groups to investigate and present one of these ideas in more depth.Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingTimeline of Police Violence in ChicagoInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingHistorical Police Documented ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingBook on Historical Use of ForceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingStudy Regarding Albuquerque PD Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingHistorical Accounts of Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingHistorical Accounts of Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingFalse Narrative of Police on Black ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
VideoVideo Interview of Former Police SuperintendentInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticlePolice AccountabilityInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleSupport of Police ActionInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticlePersonal Narrative of Policing DifficultiesInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleLibertarian Perspective on Police Reform Investigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticlePolicies to Prevent Police BrutalityInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticlePolice ReformsInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingPolice ReformInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleBlack Lives MatterInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingChicago Police Department ReformInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingFerguson, MO Police DOJ ReportInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleFBI Looks into Addressing Police BrutalityInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingSupreme Court Decision Around Police Initiated ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingCivilian Police AccountabilityInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingPolicy Regarding ConstitutioPolicy Regarding Constitutional Rightsnal RightsInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleTrump's Policy on PolicingInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleCompilation of Current Articles Around Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleArt Exhibition Detaining 100 Years of Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleLinks to Police Brutality TopicsInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
AudioRadio Programming Regarding Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleIgnoring Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleMentally Unstable Victims of Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingCurrent Police Brutality StoriesInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingPolice Involved Shootings Across the USInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ReadingNobody Knows How Many Americans The Police Kill Each YearInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleInteractive Database of Police Involved ShootingsInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING
ArticleTracking Police ViolenceInvestigating Race and the Justice System: POLICING