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Police Against the Movement

The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back
  • Joshua Clark Davis
2025
Princeton University Press

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  • Outline of a police face with a bunch of faces within the image.
    Book Review

    How Police Harassed and Infiltrated Civil Rights Groups

    Efforts to surveil and undermine activists went far beyond infamous operations such as Cointelpro.
    by Piper French via The New Republic on December 1, 2025
  • Fifteen year old Walter Gadsden being attacked by police dogs during the civil rights demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama
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    Book Excerpt

    Sanitizing the Civil Rights Movement

    Contrary to the story being told in textbooks, media, and museums, the police were not neutral bystanders.
    by Joshua Clark Davis via HNN on October 14, 2025
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