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English
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"In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, one of the great literary voices of our time, Elizabeth Alexander, wrote a moving reflection on the psyche of young Black America, turning a mother's eye to her sons' generation. Originally published in the New Yorker, the essay brilliantly and lovingly observed the lives and attitudes of young people who even as children could...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When Trayvon Martin took his last walk down a Florida street on a cool February evening in 2012, he was just another American teenager, heading home with candy and a soda, talking on the phone with a friend, and dreaming of the future. By the end of the night he was dead--gunned down by a neighborhood watchman. Within weeks his name would be on the lips of a President and the movement for justice in his case would spread all over the country. Today...
5) Suspicion nation: the inside story of the Trayvon Martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The award-winning journalist who covered the trial discusses the laws, culture and conditions that exist in modern America that allowed George Zimmerman to be fully acquitted after killing an unarmed, black teenager in his gated Florida community.
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Series
Youth media and culture volume 2
Publisher
Sense Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Publisher
Ill Will Editions
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The insistence on innocence results in a refusal to hear those labeled as guilty or defined by the State as 'criminals.' When we rely on appeals to innocence, we foreclose a form of resistance that is outside the limits of the law, and instead ally ourselves with the State."
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