by lindaoppenheim | Sep 4, 2015 | Article
“When the clergy decided they must ‘pray with their feet, they sent a clear message that faith is an action word, and faithfulness to God’s call requires us to give tangible expressions of love, justice and mercy,” writes Dr. Leah Gunning Francis, author...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 8, 2015 | Poem
It’s been 77 years since civil rights activist and poet Langston Hughes wrote his chilling poem “Kids Who Die,” which illuminates the horrors of lynchings during the Jim Crow era. Now, as we approach the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death and the...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 4, 2015 | Documents
Librarians Nicole Pagowsky and Niamh Wallace at the University of Arizona created a guide to resources about the killing of Michael Brown and subsequent events in Ferguson, Missouri. In addition, they list sources on critical race theory, media coverage, and teaching...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 26, 2015 | Opinion
Just published in The Atlantic : Fergusons Fortune 500 Company : Why the Missouri city — despite hosting a multinational corporation, Emerson Electric, — relied on municipal fees and fines to extract money from its poorest residents. The U.S. Department of...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 30, 2015 | Events
Dr. Victor Rios, Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California Santa Barbara and author of Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, will speak about his work in Oakland, Watts, and Ferguson on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 5:30 pm in the...
