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Ferguson
A History of Police Brutality in America
MLK Speech in London (1964)
A Report From Occupied Territory by James Baldwin
Police are the hired enemies of the population, tasked with keeping black men in their place and protecting white business interests
"In occupied territory, any act of resistance, even from a child, must be answered immediately with the full weight of the occupying forces"
The Murder of Mike Brown
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old African American man, was fatally shot by 28-year-old white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson
The Ferguson Uprising and Its Reverberations by Barbara Ransby
"The systemic criminalization and devaluation of black life is part of the current regime of racial capitalism"
Wilson claimed that Mike Brown "looked like a demon"
Police waited a week to release Darren Wilson’s name so he would have time to protect himself
Department of Justice report revealied a pattern of racial profiling by the Ferguson police
Responses to Ferguson
Rioting
Eighty Years of Fergusons by Andy Serwer
The role of violence in the civil rights movement is more productive that people want to acknowledge
"The rioters are seeking full participation in the social order and the material benefits enjoyed by the majority of American citizens”
Barack Obama's Response
Barack Obama, Ferguson, and the Evidence of Things Unsaid by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Barack Obama’s response to the “unpunished racial injustices” at Ferguson was to ask for calm
“The events of Ferguson do not begin with Michael Brown lying dead in the street, but with policies set forth by government at every level”
Black Lives Matter
A Herstory of the Black Lives Matter Movement by Alicia Garza
Alicia Garza created #BlackLivesMatter with Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi as a call to action for black people
Feminist views and sensibilities were apparent throughout the Black Lives Matter movement
"It is a response to the anti-black racism that permeates our society and movements
idealogical and political intervention"
11 Major Misconceptions About the Black Lives Matter Movement by Brittney Cooper
Black Lives Matter: About Us
Black Lives Matter: What We Believe
"We are working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise"
Black Lives Matter Founders Describe 'Paradigm Shift' In The Movement
Art
Poetry
Ghazal, After Ferguson by Yusef Komunyakaa
"Not An Elegy For Mike Brown": Two Poems For Ferguson by Danez Smith
The Ballad of Ferguson, Missouri by Frederick Seidel
The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning’ by Claudia Rankine
"& isn't that what being black is about?
not the joy of it, but the feeling
you get when you are looking
at your child, turn your head,
then, poof, no more child.
that feeling. that's black."
- Not An Elegy For Mike Brown by Danez Smith
Music
Freedom by Beyonce
Alright by Kendrick Lamar
Hell You Talmabout by Janelle Monae f. Wondaland Records URL
Glory by John Legend and Common
