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SOURCE: The New Republic
9/4/2020
The “Law and Order” Backlash Against Biden Was a Mirage
Donald Trump's "law and order" campaign message has failed to gain significant traction, which should put lazy comparisons to 1968 out to pasture.
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8/16/2020
Gassed: A Personal History
by Ron Steinman
I first experienced the horror of CS gas more than 50 years ago. Today when I think of CS gas I remember how badly I felt when tear gassed on the streets of Saigon, and in Northern Ireland.
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SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
8/11/2020
Understanding Today’s Uprisings Requires Understanding What Came Before Them
by Jeanne Theoharis
The history of social unrest like the 1965 Watts Rebellion must acknowledge that public authorities had ignored peaceful demands for inclusion and opportunity from communities of color for years before the unrest.
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SOURCE: TIME
8/3/2020
She Played a Key Role in the Police Response to the Watts Riots. The Memory Still Haunts Her—But Black History Is Full of Haunting Memories
by Morgan Jerkins
Regina was a Black woman working as an LAPD dispatcher in the 77th Street Division of South Los Angeles. She sent officers to respond to another's call for aid on August 11, 1965, warning them not to escalate any situation. Today she still asks “why didn’t they listen to me?”
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SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
6/24/2020
Madison Protesters Tear Down Capitol Statues, Attack State Senator From Milwaukee As Fury Erupts Again
The statue of a Wisconsin abolitionist seemed an odd target for protesters.
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SOURCE: NBC News
6/21/2020
Racial Violence and a Pandemic: How the Red Summer of 1919 Relates to 2020
Geoff Ward, Cameron McWhirter and Saje Mathieu examine the parallels between the notorious "Red Summer" of 1919 and the present.
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SOURCE: Miller Center (University of Virginia)
6/15/2020
Lyndon Johnson Addresses the Nation on Civil Disorders (July 27, 1967)
Lyndon Johnson's words after rioting erupted in Detroit speak to ongoing concerns in American society.
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SOURCE: ABC-7 Chicago
6/7/2020
Northwestern Historian Kevin Boyle Discusses History of Protests (Video)
"It's the most profoundly American of acts, to protest peacefully in this nation," Boyle said.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
6/1/2020
What Would Martin Luther King Jr. Say About The Current Civil Unrest?
by Peniel Joseph
Many commentators who now invoke Martin Luther King Jr. to condemn angry protesters fail to grasp that King insisted peace and order could not be achieved without addressing deep racial and economic inequality in American society.
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/2/2020
Beverly Hills, Buckhead, SoHo: The New Sites of Urban Unrest
by Emily Badger
In a reflection of how American cities have changed since the 1960s, demonstrations have included many wealthy areas. Historians and scholars including Thomas Sugrue, Alison Isenberg and Lester Spence comment on this change.
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SOURCE: USA Today
5/31/2020
Words Matter When Talking About Race, Unrest, Experts Say
UCLA historian Robin Kelley insists rebellions occur when the usual channels for affecting change in a democracy – nonviolent protest, voting – have been ineffective, and the term "riot" obscures that fact.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
6/1/2020
Five Reasons ‘Law and Order’ Rhetoric Might not Work as Well in 2020 as in 1968
by Max Boot
The “Southern strategy” could work again this year, but there are at least five reasons to believe it might not be as potent as in the past.
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SOURCE: NPR
5/29/2020
The History Behind 'When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts'
Donald Trump claimed to be ignorant of the origins of a phrase he tweeted warning of violent consequences for looters.
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SOURCE: The Nation
6/1/2020
The Fire This Time
by Jeet Heer
These two crucial differences—the fact that a Republican is presiding over the chaos and that the opposition to police violence is racially diverse—open the possibility for a better outcome than in 1968.
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SOURCE: CNN
5/30/2020
It's Been Five Decades Since 1968, and Things are Somehow Worse
by Julian Zelizer
For those of us who study the 1960s or lived through those troubled times, it's hard to imagine things could be worse. But they are.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
4/4/2020
Covid-19′s Disruptions Echo the Disturbances That Followed MLK’s Assassination
by Kyla Sommers
Former HNN editor-in-chief Kyla Sommers reminds us that Washingtonians have united in the face of a crisis before, and they can do so again.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
8/27/19
Democratic candidates are finally talking about domestic terrorism. Here’s why that matters.
by Alaina E. Roberts
When Beto O’Rourke referred to the Tulsa massacre, he was correcting the record on racial violence.
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8/25/19
What We Can Learn On the 80th Anniversary of the San Antonio 1939 Municipal Auditorium Riot
by Martin Halpern
80 years ago, thousands of people rioted at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium to prevent the Communist Party from holding a public meeting. The story reminds us that words can often incite violence.
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8/4/19
Remembering The Red Summer 100 Years Later
by David Krugler
How should the challenging but essential task of remembering and commemorating this troubling history be confronted?
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SOURCE: USA Today
7/23/19
Hundreds of black Americans were killed during 'Red Summer.' A century later, still ignored
It was branded "Red Summer" because of the bloodshed and amounted to some of the worst white-on-black violence in U.S. history.
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