CRE 287- From Civil Rights To Racial Justice: Understanding African American Social Justice Movements
From Civil Rights To Racial Justice: Understanding African American Social Justice Movements Comments from Dr. Alvin Tillery, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. 1. Summer of 2020, the biggest protests for racial justice and civil rights in a generation a. Sparked by deaths of AA in police custody, shed light on systemic racism 2. What did the recent verdict of Derek Chauvin (guilty) have to say about racial equity in the U.S? 3. How are current racial justice movements -such as BLM a. How do these fit within the broader history of U.S. civil rights movement b. How today’s efforts differ from past American racial justice initiatives. 4. Addressing racial justice and equity was the top priority for ...