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The American Tradition of Anti-Black Vigilantism
The history of patrols, body cams, and more.
by
Darryl Pinckney
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Literary Hub
on
November 18, 2019
On Eric Garner, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Police Brutality as American Tradition
“¿DEFACEMENT?,” Inspired by the 1983 Police Murder of Michael Stewart.
by
Johanna F. Almiron
via
Literary Hub
on
September 13, 2019
The Bad-Apple Myth of Policing
Violence perpetrated by cops doesn’t simply boil down to individual bad actors—it’s also a systemic, judicial failing.
by
Osagie K Obasogie
via
The Atlantic
on
August 2, 2019
Uncovering the Truth About a Raid on the Black Panthers
How a team of lawyers exposed lies about police violence.
by
Flint Taylor
via
Literary Hub
on
February 25, 2019
The Assassination of Fred Hampton
The young Civil Rights activist was killed in the dead of night by police and the FBI. Who was Fred Hampton?
by
Mariah-Rose Marie M
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The Nib
on
February 15, 2019
This, Too, Was History
The battle over police-torture and reparations in Chicago’s schools.
by
Peter C. Baker
via
The Point
on
January 14, 2019
Payback
For years, Chicago cops tortured false confessions out of hundreds of black men. Years later, the survivors fought for reparations.
by
Natalie Y. Moore
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The Marshall Project
on
October 30, 2018
partner
A History of Police Violence in Chicago
At the turn of the century, Chicago police killed 307 people, one in eighteen homicides in the city—three times the body count of local gangsters.
by
Jeffrey S. Adler
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Livia Gershon
via
JSTOR Daily
on
October 3, 2018
The Kerner Omission
How a landmark report on the 1960s race riots fell short on police reform.
by
Nicole Lewis
via
The Marshall Project
on
March 1, 2018
Remember the Orangeburg Massacre
The February 1968 killing of three student protesters in Orangeburg, SC marked a turning point in the black freedom struggle.
by
Robert Greene II
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Dissent
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February 7, 2018
In 1968, Three Students Were Killed by Police. Today, Few Remember the Orangeburg Massacre
The shootings occurred two years before the deaths at Kent State University, but remain a little-known incident in the Civil Rights Movement.
by
Lorraine Boissoneault
via
Smithsonian
on
February 7, 2018
Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence
Police brutality has been a hot topic in contemporary society, but when did this all really start and where did dogs get involved?
by
Tyler D. Parry
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Black Perspectives
on
July 31, 2017
partner
Ida B. Wells Offered The Solution To Police Violence More Than 100 Years Ago
The answer runs through the history of anti-lynching laws.
by
Keisha N. Blain
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Made By History
on
July 11, 2017
Learning from the Slaughter in Attica
What the 1971 uprising and massacre reveal about our prison system and the liberal democratic state.
by
Adam Gopnik
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The New Yorker
on
August 22, 2016
partner
The Reason in the Riot
Senator Fred Harris describes his experience on the Kerner Commission, tasked with explaining the causes of urban riots in 1967.
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BackStory
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August 18, 2016
The Canine Terror
Since slavery, dogs have been used to intimidate and control African Americans.
by
Tyler D. Parry
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Charlton W. Yingling
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Jacobin
on
May 19, 2016
What the Kerner Report Got Wrong about Policing
The Kerner report neglected that police were not simply careless with black lives; they deliberately sought to punish black lives.
by
Daniel Geary
via
Boston Review
on
May 19, 2016
The Awakening of Thurgood Marshall
The case he didn’t expect to lose. And why it mattered that he did.
by
Gilbert King
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The Marshall Project
on
November 20, 2014
A Report from Occupied Territory
These things happen, in all our Harlems, every single day. If we ignore this fact, and our common responsibility to change this fact, we are sealing our doom.
by
James Baldwin
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The Nation
on
July 11, 1966
Fred Ross Changed Community Organizing
He started in the 1930s farmworker camps that inspired John Steinbeck’s novels and went on to pioneer methodical tactics that transformed American organizing.
by
Peter Dreier
via
Jacobin
on
August 28, 2025
What Really Happened Inside That Meeting Between James Baldwin and RFK
The emotional roller coaster that changed the course of the Civil Rights Movement.
by
Nicholas Boggs
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Slate
on
August 18, 2025
A New York Miracle
A street-level view of Rudy Giuliani’s transformation of the Big Apple.
by
Scott McConnell
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The American Conservative
on
August 17, 2025
How Chicago's Division Street Rebellion Brought Latinos Together
In 1966, police shot a young Puerto Rican man. What followed created a blueprint for a new kind of solidarity.
by
Felipe Hinojosa
via
Zócalo Public Square
on
August 13, 2025
When the Military Comes to American Soil
Domestic deployments have generally been quite restrained. Can they still be?
by
Joshua Braver
via
The Atlantic
on
June 17, 2025
From the Atlanta Race Massacre to Cop City: The AJC Incites Harm
The AJC wielded its editorial power to pave the path for Cop City and the 1906 race massacre, directly harming Black Atlantans.
by
Aja Arnold
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Scalawag
on
June 11, 2025
What History Tells Us to Expect From Trump’s Escalation in Los Angeles Protests
Since the 1960s, studies have shown that heavy-handed policing and militarized responses tend to make protests more volatile — not less.
by
Jamiles Lartey
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The Marshall Project
on
June 9, 2025
When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin
In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.
by
Sam Tanenhaus
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The Atlantic
on
May 20, 2025
DOJ Shakeup May Put Civil Rights Probe of 1970 Jackson State, Mississippi, Killings At Risk
The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act made way for investigations of racially motivated killings. The federal agency enforcing it is in disarray.
by
Daja E. Henry
via
The Marshall Project
on
May 14, 2025
The Jim Crow Origins of National Police Week
Police brutality and corruption are painful realities. So are officers who die performing their duty. But the memorial in Washington fails to distinguish them.
by
Elizabeth Robeson
via
The Nation
on
May 9, 2025
The World Darryl Gates Made: Race, Policing, and the Birth of SWAT
The very features that made the LAPD appear more professional also expanded its reach and capacity for violence.
by
Aaron Stagoff-Belfort
via
The Metropole
on
May 7, 2025
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