Winn, Kevin P.

Summary: "The Racial Justice in America: Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Jim Crow and Policing explores the unjust laws and law enforcement policies Black people have faced in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1196 WIN

Hattery, Angela

Summary: "In this provocative book, the authors connect the regulation of African American people in many settings into a powerful narrative. Completely updated throughout, the book now includes a new chapter on policing black athletes' bodies and expanded coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement, policing trans bodies, and policing Black women's bodies."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.3 HAT

Butler, Paul

Summary: "Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread--all with the support of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 BUT

Summary: Against the backdrop of a pandemic that is disproportionately killing Black people, the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police in 2020 sparked a push for racial justice and calls for change. The film explores the story of Newark, New Jersey which has been undergoing an experiment in police reform for several years.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POL

Hill, Marc Lamont

Summary: "In the midst of loss, death, and suffering, our charge is to figure out what freedom really means--and how we take steps to get there. The uprising of 2020 marks a new phase in the unfolding Movement for Black Lives. The brutal killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, and countless other injustices large and small, lit the spark of the largest protest movement in US...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 HIL

Raymond, Edwin

Summary: "From the highest-ranking whistleblower in the history of the NYPD, a political memoir that exposes the brokenness of policing from both outside and inside the system During the workday, Edwin Raymond is on the beat as a ranked lieutenant in the New York Police Department. When the uniform comes off, he takes on a very different role: the lead plaintiff in the largest-ever civil rights lawsuit...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAYMOND, EDWIN RAY

Kelly, Jack

Summary: "A gripping exploration of the intense psychology and character of Benedict Arnold, arguing that he was essential to victory before he was a traitor Benedict Arnold committed treason- for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat-his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARNOLD, BENEDICT KEL