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The War on Kids: A New Book on American Juvenile Justice

November 25, 2017November 28, 2017 Julie Hawks criminal justice system, economic justice, juvenile justice, social justice, youth

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Writing Atrocity, Rethinking Rebellion, and Documenting State Violence

January 25, 2017January 27, 2017 Robert T. Chase #BloodintheWater, carceral state, criminal justice system, mass incarceration

This is the fourth day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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Attica: Writing on Blood, Violence, and Trauma in History

January 22, 2017January 25, 2017 Kali Nicole Gross #BloodintheWater, carceral state, criminal justice system, police violence

This is the first day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 3

January 11, 2017January 15, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt criminal justice system, South, violence

This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

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Branding Slaves, 19 century. Source: William O. Blake, The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade (Columbus, 1857), p. 97.

Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 2

December 11, 2016December 10, 2016 Keri Leigh Merritt criminal justice system, Deep South

This essay is Part Two of a four-part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first part

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