This guide focuses on issues of racial justice including racial disparities in the criminal justice system, the relationship between police and people of color, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow" - 2013 George E. Kent Lecture
Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy from Chicaho, was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955. His trial "brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South and was an early impetus of the civil rights movement." (From https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-28/the-death-of-emmett-till)
What Are the Concerns About Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Criminal Justice System?
An International Policy zone video "examining how systemic inequalities have shaped the treatment of individuals based on race. We will discuss the impact of policing practices in communities of color, the effects of the War on Drugs, and how sentencing decisions often differ based on race. "
