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Dealing With Cops: The Latest How-To Book
By Brennan DuBose Attorney Eric Broyles has one goal: “I want to keep black men and boys alive.” “Encounters With Police: A Black Man’s Guide to Survival,” a book written by Broyles and his colleague of 20 years, veteran police … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian O. Jackson, black men, Black Women, book, dealing with police, Eric C. Broyles, literature, police stops
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Game on Baltimore & Being a Part of ’92 L.A. Riots: ‘Young Black Men Are Targets’
After a day of unrest and rioting in Baltimore on Monday, April 28, the tension between its citizens and law enforcement lessened a bit on Tuesday with few arrests made, mostly over refusal to adhere to a local-government-mandated curfew. The … Continue reading
How the War on Drugs Contributes to the ‘1.5 Million Missing Black Men’
By Tony Newman On Monday, the New York Times published a deeply upsetting piece titled, “1.5 Million Missing Black Men.” According to the Times, “Black women who are 25 to 54 and not in jail outnumber black men in that … Continue reading
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Tagged black men, law, mass incarceration, police, race, racism, War on Drugs
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NYC Has 118,000 Missing Black Men
By Christopher Robbins A new report shows that more than one of every six black men in the United States who should be between the ages of 25 and 54 have “disappeared” from free society, mostly due to incarceration or … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, black men, Ferguson, incarceration, missing persons, Missouri, New York City, race
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Anthony Hill, Unarmed, Naked Black Man, Fatally Shot By Police Near Atlanta
By Reuters * Officer had taser on him at time of shooting * *Man ran at officer, did not stop when ordered to * *Police chief: Man may have had mental illness* A white, Atlanta-area police officer shot dead a naked … Continue reading
Charting the shocking rise of racial disparity in our criminal justice system
By Christopher Ingraham The position of most black men, relative to white men, is no better than how things stood after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1965. Thats the sobering conclusion of a new paper out from … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, black men, Civil Rights Act, mass incarceration, race, Research
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How Can I Protect My Son From Becoming Another Trayvon Martin?
By Melanie Coffee Trayvon Martin. A name forever etched in the annals of America’s complex relationship with race. We all know the story. A 17-year-old armed with only a bag of Skittles, a hoodie and mocha skin is followed by a … Continue reading
Fewer Than Half of Black Males Graduate on Time
This is not shocking, it is extremely sad and disturbing. Black men have many unique obstacles placed before us that directly impacts the completion of our education. Despite those challenges a “learning” environment needs to be created for a boy … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, african american, black, black men, education, school
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‘That Doesn’t Mean It Doesn’t Sting Any Less’
By Questlove Well… most of you read the book so that means you’re familiar with Rich by now. I just landed in the States and he was my first call. I was listening to MSNBC on the radio, so this … Continue reading →