African & African American Studies: Black Lives Matter

#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

In 1999, NPAP was created as a non-profit to protect the human and civil rights of individuals in their encounters with law enforcement and detention facility personnel. The central mission of NPAP is to promote the accountability of law enforcement officers and their employers for violations of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

Through its decade-long effort to transform pretrial justice in New York, The Bronx Freedom Fund reunites thousands of families separated by bail, while pioneering the revolving bail fund model as a tool in the fight against mass incarceration and the criminalization of race and poverty.

The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S., challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

Dream Corps closes prison doors and opens doors of opportunity. They bring people together across racial, social, and partisan lines to create a future with freedom and dignity for all.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.

Founded in 1996, The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is an innovative think tank that connects academics, activists and policy-makers to promote efforts to dismantle structural inequality.

The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in 1920 in response to egregious civil liberties abuses throughout the USA.

#8CANTWAIT is a campaign to bring immediate change to police departments.

In response to the death of George Floyd and the impassioned responses that have followed, Rafael A. Zapata, Fordham’s chief diversity officer, special assistant to the president for diversity, and associate vice president for academic affairs, recently shared with the Fordham community a one-page resource guide.

The articles, films, academic papers, podcasts, and interviews listed are for anyone interested in learning about the Black Lives Matter Movement, racial inequality and racialized violence, and communal responses toward action and healing.

#8CANTWAIT is a campaign to bring immediate change to police departments.

A research and action think tank, the Center for Policing Equity (CPE) produces analyses identifying and reducing the causes of racial disparities in law enforcement. Using evidence-based approaches to social justice, we use data to create levers for social, cultural and policy change.

Includes data on: Incarceration Trends in America, Racial Disparities in Incarceration, Drug Sentencing Disparities, Effects of Incarceration

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Suggestions for more videos are available via the Video & Multimedia page of this guide.

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A freely available Black Lives Matter learning resource, featuring a rich collection of handpicked articles from the digital archives of over 50 different publications.

As a Catholic network inspired by the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the witness of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador and their companions, we believe in the dignity of each and every person. We denounce racism in all forms and commit to working with our network to confront white supremacy and systemic racial injustice.

Father Bryan Massingale, the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham, authored a powerful opinion piece titled "The Assumptions of White Privilege and What We Can Do About It," that appeared in the National Catholic Reporter on Jun 1, 2020.

A comprehensive topic guide. Fordham many not own all of the sources listed. Contact a librarian to request items needed for coursework or research.