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George Floyd’s Death in Police Custody Sparks Outrage Among Universities, Academics

Two days after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, in police custody on Monday, the University of Minnesota minimized its ties with the Minneapolis Police Department as other universities and scholars expressed grief and outrage at the incident.

May 28, 2020

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Documentary Explores “Driving While Black”

“Driving While Black,” a documentary in the works by a Cooperstown, N.Y., academic, a longtime documentary maker, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Steeplechase Films is scheduled to be shown on PBS next year.

December 9, 2018

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Law Enforcement Violence for 2017 ‘Normalized’

Police abuse remains pandemic in this country with no signs of abating and with no signs of accountability. This, in an era of video recordings of killings that go viral, with little, if no effect, in the courtroom.

July 9, 2017

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The Ongoing Devaluation of Black Life

The death of Black people at the hands of law enforcement has become so commonplace and routine that many of us who are African-American have managed to become simultaneously outraged and psychologically numb.

July 7, 2016