Via Google Books. Police Brutality: An Anthology Edited by Jill Nelson Ignited by the infamous shooting of Amadou Diallo, unarmed and innocent, at the hands of New York City police officers, journalist Jill Nelson was moved to assemble this landmark anthology on the topic of police violence and brutality: an indispensable collection of twelve “groundbreaking” … Read More
Via University of Chicago Press Books. The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence By: LAURENCE RALPH Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens—and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitted to the Torture Inquiry and … Read More
Via GoodReads. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today’s racial landscape–from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement–offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide In So You … Read More
Via AORTA. Welcome to our new and improved resources page! Below are a variety of toolkits, handouts, guides, and other resources we’ve created over the years. Please feel free to use, share, and engage with them freely. We request that you always remember to credit AORTA. We are a small worker-owned co-op, and our funding … Read More
“Why is this happening?” — an Introduction to Police Brutality from 100 Year Hoodie Police Brutality Isn’t New, Cameras Are Today we spend the hour with Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of an explosive new book about white supremacy and being black in America. Titled “Between the World and Me,” it is written as a letter to … Read More
Via @mynameisnichi / @theveryblackproject / @deepaviyer. Mapping Our Roles in a Social Change Ecosystem Via @mynameisnichi / @theveryblackproject / @deepaviyer.
