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Black Lives Matter!: Violence and Oppression
Understanding Racism
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The resources on this page are intended to help readers to build a foundation of understanding about racism and oppression in our society.
Issues
Key Concepts on Race and Violence and Oppression
- Police Brutality
Chevigny, P. G. (2008). Police brutality. In L. R. Kurtz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of violence, peace and conflict (2nd ed.). Elsevier Science & Technology. - Police Abuse
Rodriguez, J. A. (2013). Police abuse. In R. Chapman, & J. Ciment (Eds.), Culture wars in America: An encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints, and voices (2nd ed.). Routledge. - Police Misconduct
Papazoglou, K. (2014). Police misconduct. In J. S. Albanese, Wiley series of encyclopedias in criminology and criminal justice: The encyclopedia of criminology and criminal justice. Wiley.
- Hate Crimes
Hate crimes. (2001). In J. M. Palmisano (Ed.), Gale world of sociology. Gale. - Hate CrimeGrugan, S. T. (2014). Hate crime. In J. S. Albanese, The encyclopedia of criminology and criminal justice. Wiley.
- Hate Speech
Dixon, R. (2013). Hate speech (US). In P. L. Mason (Ed.), Encyclopedia of race and racism (2nd ed.). Gale.
- Lynching
Markovitz, J. (2018). Lynching. In S. Bronner (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American studies. Johns Hopkins University Press. - Lynching
Lynching. (2002). In S. Phelps (Ed.), World of Criminal Justice, Gale. Gale. - Lynching
Brundage, W. F. (2000). Lynching. In P. Finkelman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century. Gale.
- Jim Crow
Jim cCow. (2010). In D. Watts, Dictionary of American government and politics. Edinburgh University Press. - Jim Crow LawsJim Crow laws. (2001). In J. M. Palmisano (Ed.), World of sociology, Gale. Gale.
- Jim Crow
Woodward, J. (2016). Jim Crow. In S. Schechter (Ed.), American governance. Macmillan US.
- Racial Segregation
Valeri, M., & Braham, P. (2003). Racial segregation. In G. Bolaffi, R. Bracalenti, P. Braham, & et. al., Dictionary of race, ethnicity & culture. Sage UK. - Segregation
Rabinowitz, H. N. (2014). Segregation. In E. Foner, & J. A. Garraty (Eds.), The Reader's companion to American history. Houghton Mifflin. - SegregationHoney, M. (2018). Segregation. In S. Bronner (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American studies. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Racial SegregationValeri, M., & Braham, P. (2003). Racial segregation. In G. Bolaffi, R. Bracalenti, P. Braham, & et. al., Dictionary of race, ethnicity & culture. Sage UK.
- Segregation, ResidentialMarsh, K., & Gross, M. (2013). Segregation, residential. In P. L. Mason (Ed.), Encyclopedia of race and racism (2nd ed.). Gale.
- Redlining
Martin, L. L. (2014). Redlining. In S. Thompson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of diversity and social justice. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Microagressions
Huynh, V. W. (2018). Microaggressions. In R. J. R. Levesque, Encyclopedia of adolescence (2nd ed.). Springer Science+Business Media.
Credits
This guide was developed by Leslie Murtha, Atlantic Cape Community College Libraries.
Published February 2021.