LibGuides: Teaching #BlackLivesMatter: Race, Policing & Protest: Current Events & News

Primary Documents & News Sources

Nonviolence as Compliance | The Atlantic
When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse.
Baltimore Enlists National Guard and a Curfew to Fight Riots and Looting | The New York Times
What happened when Michael Brown met Officer Darren Wilson | CNN
In-depth timeline with map and comparison of witness accounts and law enforcement.
Ferguson Timeline: Grief, Anger, and Tension | NPR
Documents Released in the Ferguson Case | The New York Times
Documents and evidence presented to the grand jury in Clayton, Mo., that was deciding whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting of Michael Brown.
Ferguson Jury: No Charges For Officer In Michael Brown's Death | NPR
Detailed timeline of events that took place on November 24, 2014, the date of indictment.
Documenting Ferguson
"[A] digital repository that seeks to preserve and make accessible community- and media-generated, original content that was captured and created following the killing of 18-year-old, Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. A freely available resource for students, scholars, teachers, and the greater community, Documenting Ferguson has the ultimate goal of providing diverse perspectives of the events surrounding the conflicts in Ferguson."
#Ferguson Zotero Group
Public group collecting articles, social media, and citizen journalism about Ferguson.
#Ferguson on Twitter
See real time and past Tweets about Ferguson.
Four Lessons From The Media's Conflicted Coverage of Race | NPR
"Now more than ever, America needs productive conversations about race, stereotyping, police, crime and social justice. And too often, our national media continues to fall short."
The ACLU Response to Ferguson | ACLU
ACLU comment on Ferguson grand jury decision.
Military Veterans See Deeply Flawed Police Response in Ferguson | The Washington Post
Veterans discuss the militarized police response to protests after the killing of Michael Brown.
Police angry at 'hands up' gesture by St. Louis Rams players | CNN
"The football players' action sparked widespread reaction across social media. Some drew parallels between what the Rams players did and the black power salute by two black Olympians from the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City."
New York mayor Bill de Blasio refuses to endorse Eric Garner grand jury decision | The Guardian

Racism, White Privilege, & Police Brutality

"Class Prejudice Resurgent." (Op-ed)
Brooks, David. "Class Prejudice Resurgent." New York Times 2 Dec. 2014: A27(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 19 Dec. 2014.
"Where Do We Go After Ferguson?"
Dyson, Michael Eric. "Where Do We Go After Ferguson?" New York Times 30 Nov. 2014: 1(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 19 Dec. 2014.
#BlackLivesDon'tMatter: race-of-victim effects in US executions, 1976–2013.
Baumgartner, Frank R., Amanda J. Grigg & Alisa Mastrob. "#BlackLivesDon'tMatter: race-of-victim effects in US executions, 1976–2013." Politics, Groups, and Identities 3.2 (2015): 209-221. DOI:10.1080/21565503.2015.1024262 Prepub version here:
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This paper examines the role of racial bias in the implementation of capital
punishment.
All Eyes on Ferguson | Bitch Magazine
Review of indictment with examination of racial profiling and killing by police officers.
Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are. There’s only one fix. | The Washington Post
Black Lives Matter / Black Life Matters: A Conversation with Patrisse Cullors and Darnell L. Moore | The Feminist Wire
Both Cullors and Moore will be in Tucson for the Black Lives Matter conference in January 2015 (see more info on the Campus Resources page).
Hands Up: A Roundtable on Police Brutality | n+1
A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement | The Feminist Wire
An account of how the #BlackLivesMatter movement began and where it stands currently by one of its founders.
How to Really Understand White Privilege | Quartz
In comic form.
MTV's Look Different
Collaboration between MTV and the Southern Poverty Law Center to create PSAs and online interaction related to racism, privilege, and inequality surrounding Ferguson events.
The New Threat: 'Racism without Racists' | CNN
Room for Debate: Does Ferguson Show That Cops Who Kill Get Off Too Easily? (Op-ed)
"Does Ferguson Show That Cops Who Kill Get Off Too Easily?" New York Times. 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Dec. 2014
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Op-ed essays answering the question: Does the infrequency with which police officers are held criminally liable in shootings show they are held to too low a standard, or that they face too much criticism in such cases?
Things To Stop Being Distracted By When A Black Person Gets Murdered By Police | Black Girl Dangerous
A discussion of how post-non-indictment rebellion is not "looting" or a "riot."
Why It's Impossible to Indict a Cop | The Nation
"It’s not just Ferguson—here’s how the system protects police."
Women of Color and the Hidden Trauma of Police Brutality | The Nation

Info about Ferguson and Support for Ferguson

The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles | Economic Policy Institute
Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the American City
A collection of interactive maps to examine white flight, race and property, municipal zoning, and urban renewal in St. Louis
Ferguson Won't Heal: It's too soon to Turn the Page | Politico Magazine
How You Can Show Up For Ferguson | Autostraddle
What you can do to help the Ferguson community
12 Things White People can do now because Ferguson | Quartz

Video Coverage

America After Ferguson | PBS Video
Video cannot be embedded, visit the link to watch, with links to other, related clips. "This PBS town hall meeting, moderated by PBS NEWSHOUR co-anchor and managing editor Gwen Ifill, will explore the many issues brought into public discourse in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri. The program was recorded before an audience on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis."

Behind the Video of Eric Garner’s Deadly Confrontation With New York Police
Sanburn, Josh. Behind the Video of Eric Garner’s Deadly Confrontation With New York Police. 23 July 2014. TIME talks with the man who filmed the fatal incident on Staten Island

Hashtags

#HashtagSyllabusMovement - Collected by: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYPL

#fergusonsyllabus ; #BlackLivesMatter; @fergusonlibrary -- After #FergusonSyllabus came #BaltimoreSyllabus, and after that came #CharlestonSyllabus.

From http://dmlcentral.net/blog/nicole-mirra/ferguson-social-media-and-educational-dialogue:

“The #fergusonsyllabus hashtag has generated a list of readings, films, songs, and other multimedia resources that could sustain a lifelong series of classes in the history of race in America and beyond.
The #fergusoninclass hashtag has offered a powerful platform for young people to express their opinions, ideas, hopes, and fears about the Ferguson decision and so much more about the experience of race in America. It also offers teachers a starting point for communicating with fellow educators and devising their own ways of broaching difficult but necessary conversations with their students.
And the #fergusonnext hashtag is pushing all of us to think about how we channel our sorrow and frustration into a sustained movement for change. It has morphed into a website, supported by various media partners, where users can offer concrete suggestions for change on topics ranging from police and education reform to economic empowerment."ash tagSyllabusMovement

Teaching #BlackLivesMatter: Race, Policing & Protest: Current Events & News

Primary Documents & News Sources

Racism, White Privilege, & Police Brutality

Info about Ferguson and Support for Ferguson

Video Coverage

Hashtags

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