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Marion Program Panel 1
Date: 10/1/1988Call Number: CD 821Format: CDProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Introduction by Nancy Kurshan and preliminary comments by Jose Lopez. Lecture by Bruce Wright, judge, scholar, poet and activist for social justice. Using his own experience as a Black man, he describes the history of US racism and the criminal justice system.
Program on the life and work of Assata Shakur, and her influence on the work and life of fellow activists. Also speakers on the Puerto Rican liberation movement.
Bruce Wright on racism
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: V 634Format: DV CamProducers: KonnectionsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Excerpts of lecture by Bruce Wright, judge, scholar, poet and activist for social justice. Using his own experience as a Black man, he describes the history of US racism and the criminal justice system.
Transcript available for download.
CEML Program (10-21-1995) Keynote Address
Date: 10/21/1995Call Number: V 642Format: DV CamProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Excerpts from Keynote address: MC Nancy Kurshan, speakers Dr. Alan Berkman, Nozomi Ikuta, and Jose Lopez. Topics discussed include proliferation of the criminal justice system and control units, control units and social control, physical and psychological conditions in control units, and prisons as reflections of America as a colonial power and its historical roots in racism and white power. There is also a taped video statement by Sanyika Shakur and his 60 minutes interview is shown.
Transcript available for download.
Rally for Justice
Publisher: The Committee for Justice for Tyrone GuytonYear: 1974Format: FlyerCollection: Tyrone Guyton
Flyer for a rally at the State Capital to demand a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate and prosecute Tyrone's murder
Uses and Effects of: Control Unit Prisons
Reproduction. Bonnie Kerness interviews with Sundiata Acoli and Jalil Muntaqim. These interviews were conducted to be heard at the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons' event Hearing on Control Unit Prisons in the United States.
Youth Institute on Prisons, Racism and Society
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsYear: 1997Format: PamphletCollection: Control Units
Sponsored by the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons, participants develop an understanding of crime, prisons, and racisms through readings, discussions and presentations as well as gain the skills necessary to organize and participate in campaigns to change the current criminal justice system.
The Case Against the Death Penalty
Revised edition. The ACLU holds that the death penalty inherently violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment and the guarantee of due process of law and the equal protection of the laws. Contents of monograph include: Introduction, Deterrence, Unfairness, Inevitability of Error, Barbarity, Retribution, Financial Costs, Public Opinion, Abolition Trends, Further Information.
Death Penalty Focus: General Information Packet
Contains reproduced articles and essays supporting the abolition of the death penalty.
With the State Marshalling Resources to execute Teenagers, Can We Risk an Unfair Trial?
Flyer about concerns with the case People v. Polk in which two African-American teenagers are facing the death penalty.
