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Race, Policing, and Protest in 2020

This guide is focused on the 2020 protests across the U.S. and the social issues surrounding them. It focuses on racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and understanding the death of George Floyd in the context of institutionalized racism.

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This guide is focused on the 2020 protests across the United States and the social issues surrounding them. It focuses on racial disparities in the criminal justice system, the relationship between police and people of color, and understanding the death of George Floyd in the context of institutionalized racism.


Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow" - 2013 George E. Kent Lecture