A Beautiful Ghetto

Devin Allen

On April 18, 2015, the city of Baltimore erupted in mass protests in response to the brutal murder of Freddie Gray by police. Devin Allen was there, and his iconic photos of the Baltimore uprising...

Look for Me in the Whirlwind

From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions

déqui kioni-sadiki

In 1969, 21 members of the militant New York branch of the Black Panther Party were rounded up and indicted on multiple charges of violent acts and conspiracies. The membership of the NY 21, which...

The End of Policing

Alex S. Vitale

his book attempts to spark public discussion by revealing the tainted origins of modern policing as a tool of social control. It shows how the expansion of police authority is inconsistent with...

Invisible No More

Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color

Andrea J. Ritchie

Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement....

Policing the Black Man

Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment

Angela J. Davis

Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal...

Undocumented

The Architecture of Migrant Detention

Tings Chak

Using comics, interviews, and architectural sketches, ‘Undocumented’ explores a growing industry in an era of militarized borders, state surveillance, and criminalized migration.

They Can't Kill Us All

Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement

Wesley Lowery

A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence...

Shots on the Bridge

Police Violence and Cover-up in the Wake of Katrina

Ronnie Greene

Shots on the Bridge explores one of the most dramatic cases of police violence seen in our country in the last decade—the massacre of innocent people, carried out by...

From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime

The Making of Mass Incarceration in America

Elizabeth Hinton

In the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the “land of the free” become...