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[https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/8/15/know-your-history-understanding-racism-in-the-us by A'Lelia Bundles 15/8.15 ALJAZEERA] | [https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/8/15/know-your-history-understanding-racism-in-the-us by A'Lelia Bundles 15/8.15 ALJAZEERA] | ||
We cannot truly fathom how a minor traffic stop in Cincinnati could result in a white campus police officer blowing out the brains of an unarmed black man unless we delve into the role race has played in law enforcement from the enactment of the federal Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 to today’s mandatory minimum sentencing statutes. | We cannot truly fathom how a minor traffic stop in Cincinnati could result in a white campus police officer blowing out the brains of an unarmed black man unless we delve into the role race has played in law enforcement from the enactment of the federal Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 to today’s mandatory minimum sentencing statutes. | ||
====='Segregation Forever': A Fiery Pledge Forgiven, But Not Forgotten===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2013/01/14/169080969/segregation-forever-a-fiery-pledge-forgiven-but-not-forgotten by Radio Diaries 10/1/13 npr] | |||
It was just a single line in a speech given 50 years ago today. But that one phrase, "segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever," is remembered as one of the most vehement rallying cries against racial equality in American history. | |||
