What you'll find on this page
This page contains the topic-specific books and resources for your topic for groups E, F, & G. If any book interests you, copy and paste the title into the library catalog website https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/
Project Group E: Police Shootings - Philando Castile & Black Lives Matters Case Study
Research Questions
- Who was Philando Castile (before he became famous for the incidents of 7/6/16)?
- What are the undisputed facts of what happened on 7/6/16?
- What is the perspective of his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, about what happened (she was a passenger in the car)?
- What is the perspective of the police about what happened?
- What is the Black Lives Matters movement? When did it start? What is their message?
- How did BLM respond to the shooting of Mr. Castile? How did the citizens of Minneapolis-St. Paul respond to the shooting of Mr. Castile? How did local government officials respond to the shooting of Mr. Castile?
- What happened to Officer Jeronimo Yanez (the police officer who shot Mr. Castile)?
- How did the NRA respond to the shooting of Mr. Castile, a legal gun owner?
- What are some of the long-lasting effects of this particular shooting?
Helpful links:
- Philando Castile aggregated articles from the Guardian
- Cops See It Differently - Part 1 and Part 2 from This American Life
When They Call You a Terrorist by ISBN: 9781250171085Publication Date: 2018-01-16THE INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. New York TimesEditor's Pick. Library Journal Best Books of 2019. TIMEMagazine's "Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far." O, Oprah's Magazine's "10 Titles to Pick Up Now." Politics & Current Events 2018 O.W.L. Book Awards Winner The RootBest of 2018 "This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. This book is a must-read for all of us." - Michelle Alexander,New York Times bestselling author ofThe New Jim Crow A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America--and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free. Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. For Patrisse, the most vulnerable people in the country are Black people. Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda, Black people are subjected to unjustifiable racial profiling and police brutality. In 2013, when Trayvon Martin's killer went free, Patrisse's outrage led her to co-found Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. Condemned as terrorists and as a threat to America, these loving women founded a hashtag that birthed the movement to demand accountability from the authorities who continually turn a blind eye to the injustices inflicted upon people of Black and Brown skin. Championing human rights in the face of violent racism, Patrisse is a survivor. She transformed her personal pain into political power, giving voice to a people suffering inequality and a movement fueled by her strength and love to tell the country--and the world--that Black Lives Matter. When They Call You a Terroristis Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele's reflection on humanity. It is an empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.
Making All Black Lives Matter by ISBN: 9780520292703Publication Date: 2018-08-28"A powerful -- and personal -- account of the movement and its players."--The Washington Post "This perceptive resource on radical black liberation movements in the 21st century can inform anyone wanting to better understand . . . how to make social change."--Publishers Weekly The breadth and impact of Black Lives Matter in the United States has been extraordinary. Between 2012 and 2016, thousands of people marched, rallied, held vigils, and engaged in direct actions to protest and draw attention to state and vigilante violence against Black people. What began as outrage over the 2012 murder of Trayvon Martin and the exoneration of his killer, and accelerated during the Ferguson uprising of 2014, has evolved into a resurgent Black Freedom Movement, which includes a network of more than fifty organizations working together under the rubric of the Movement for Black Lives coalition. Employing a range of creative tactics and embracing group-centered leadership models, these visionary young organizers, many of them women, and many of them queer, are not only calling for an end to police violence, but demanding racial justice, gender justice, and systemic change. In Making All Black Lives Matter, award-winning historian and longtime activist Barbara Ransby outlines the scope and genealogy of this movement, documenting its roots in Black feminist politics and situating it squarely in a Black radical tradition, one that is anticapitalist, internationalist, and focused on some of the most marginalized members of the Black community. From the perspective of a participant-observer, Ransby maps the movement, profiles many of its lesser-known leaders, measures its impact, outlines its challenges, and looks toward its future.
Why Black Lives Matter (Too) by ISBN: 9781524601201Publication Date: 2016-05-11The Black Lives Matter movement evolved as a protest against police brutality against unarmed black men. This book extends beyond police brutality to revolutionize the national conversation about racial injustice and inequality and advocate for freedom and justice for all black Americans. We are the voices for equality. Recognizing that the fight for social justice and equality is bigger than any one person and that there is room for diverse talents and expertise of anyone who is committed to freedom, this multicontributor anthology addresses a range of hot-button issues and racial disparities that disproportionately impact the black community. This is a call to action that will challenge you to confront your long-held values and beliefs about black lives and confront your own white privilege and fragility as you examine racial justice and equality in a revolutionary way.
Violence Against Black Bodies by ISBN: 9781138222106Publication Date: 2017-04-12Violence Against Black Bodies argues that black deaths at the hands of police are just one form of violence that black and brown people face daily in the western world. rough the voices of scholars from different academic disciplines, this book gives readers an opportunity to put the cases together and see that violent deaths in police custody are just one tentacle of the racial order¿a hierarchy which is designed to produce trauma and discrimination according to one¿s perceived race-ethnicity.
Project Group F: Violence in Communities – Boston “Operation Ceasefire” Case Study
Research Questions
- In 1996, Boston implemented a program aimed at reducing youth gun violence called Operation Ceasefire. Why did Boston find it necessary to introduce such a program? What specific challenges did the city face? (Define “the problem.” Be specific with evidence)
- What were the goals of Operation Ceasefire? Why did the city choose this approach to try to curtail youth gun violence?
- What action steps did Boston take with Operation Ceasefire to achieve these goals?
- What challenges did Boston face with this approach? What didn’t work?
- What successes were achieved? Why is this considered a “successful program?”
- What were the “lessons learned” from such a program?
Helpful Links:
- Operation Ceasefire Department of Justice Report
- The Battle of the Antiviolence Gurus from Newsweek as well as a follow-up article
- Dr. Gary Slutkin's program, Cure Violence
- New Yorker article about the origins of Ceasefire
Don't Shoot by ISBN: 9781608192649Publication Date: 2012-01-12Gang- and drug-related inner-city violence, with its attendant epidemic of incarceration, is the defining crime problem in our country. In some neighborhoods in America, one out of every two hundred young black men is shot to death every year, and few initiatives of government and law enforcement have made much difference. But when David Kennedy, a self-taught and then-unknown criminologist, engineered the Boston Miracle in the mid-1990s, he pointed the way toward what few had imagined- a solution. Don't Shoot tells the story of Kennedy's long journey. Riding with beat cops, hanging with gang members, and stoop-sitting with grandmothers, Kennedy found that all parties misunderstood each other, caught in a spiral of racialized anger and distrust. He envisioned an approach in which everyone-gang members, cops, and community members-comes together in what is essentially a huge intervention. Offenders are told that the violence must stop, that even the cops want them to stay alive and out of prison, and that even their families support swift law enforcement if the violence continues. In city after city, the same miracle has followed- violence plummets, drug markets dry up, and the relationship between the police and the community is reset. This is a landmark book, chronicling a paradigm shift in how we address one of America's most shameful social problems. A riveting, page-turning read, it combines the street v.rit. of The Wire, the social science of Gang Leader for a Day, and the moral urgency and personal journey of Fist Stick Knife Gun. But unlike anybody else, Kennedy shows that there could be an end in sight.
Project Group G: Violence in Communities – Oakland Ceasefire Case Study
Research Questions
- In 2012, Oakland implemented a program aimed at reducing youth gun violence called Oakland Ceasefire. Why did Oakland find it necessary to introduce such a program? What specific challenges did the city face? (Define “the problem.” Be specific with evidence.)
- What were the goals of Oakland Ceasefire? Why did the city choose this approach to try to curtail youth gun violence?
- What action steps did the city take with Oakland Ceasefire to achieve these goals?
- What challenges did Oakland face with this approach? What didn’t work?
- What successes were achieved? Why is this considered a “successful program?”
- What were the “lessons learned” from such a program?
Helpful Links:
- Operation Ceasefire Department of Justice Report
- The Battle of the Antiviolence Gurus from Newsweek as well as a follow-up article
- Dr. Gary Slutkin's program, Cure Violence
- City of Oakland Ceasefire Website
- Ceasefire Oakland Community Page
- Aggregated articles about Oakland Ceasefire
- Don't Shoot by ISBN: 9781608192649Publication Date: 2012-01-12Gang- and drug-related inner-city violence, with its attendant epidemic of incarceration, is the defining crime problem in our country. In some neighborhoods in America, one out of every two hundred young black men is shot to death every year, and few initiatives of government and law enforcement have made much difference. But when David Kennedy, a self-taught and then-unknown criminologist, engineered the Boston Miracle in the mid-1990s, he pointed the way toward what few had imagined- a solution. Don't Shoot tells the story of Kennedy's long journey. Riding with beat cops, hanging with gang members, and stoop-sitting with grandmothers, Kennedy found that all parties misunderstood each other, caught in a spiral of racialized anger and distrust. He envisioned an approach in which everyone-gang members, cops, and community members-comes together in what is essentially a huge intervention. Offenders are told that the violence must stop, that even the cops want them to stay alive and out of prison, and that even their families support swift law enforcement if the violence continues. In city after city, the same miracle has followed- violence plummets, drug markets dry up, and the relationship between the police and the community is reset. This is a landmark book, chronicling a paradigm shift in how we address one of America's most shameful social problems. A riveting, page-turning read, it combines the street v.rit. of The Wire, the social science of Gang Leader for a Day, and the moral urgency and personal journey of Fist Stick Knife Gun. But unlike anybody else, Kennedy shows that there could be an end in sight.