Rebirth of Caste Timeline | October 14, 1982

Rebirth of Caste Timeline Update
October 14, 1982

'Ronald Reagan Declares War on Drugs'
Timeline Event: click here

Notes from Lenae's External Research on Chapter 2, The New Jim Crow

The 4th Amendment
www.uscourts.gov

"The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches that are deemed unreasonable under the law.  Whether the particular search is considered it is determined by corresponding two important interests.  Intrusion on the individual’s Fourth Amendment Right and if there are valid government interests, i.e. public safety.

This website gives us information as to different searches i.e. home, person, schools, cars, etc.  It also gives us information as to different case law regarding these type of situations."  

Reference:
What Does the Fourth Amendment Mean?" USCOURTSGOV RSS. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2014. <http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/get-involved/constitution-activities/fourth-amendment/fourth-amendment-mean.aspx>.

-Lenae

Oyez.org

A resource shared by TBW student Chaney. Below is a clip from the About Us of Oyez.org. Great resource for studying cases. Below is a list that have been linked by Chaney for her discussion of Chapter 2's 'Lockdown' from Alexander's The New Jim Crow.

"The Oyez Project began in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field in the late 1980s as the Chicago Cubs continued to break the hearts of its many diehard fans. It was during one such game that the idea of creating a multimedia-based Supreme Court experience took root. The first iteration was a series of complex HyperCard stacks built on a baseball-card metaphor. The "Hitchhiker's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court" demonstrated the power of multimedia integration with serious academic content. Many Northwestern University undergraduates worked on various versions before the development of a web-based application. The development of a web-based version of the project stems from the foresight of Richard Barone and Joe Germuska of Northwestern's then nascent Learning Technologies Group. Though the Oyez Project is now more than 20 years old, it remains true to its initial objective: to make the work of the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone through text, images, audio, and video."

Case Briefs listed by Chaney:
California v. Acevedo - http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1690

Terry v Oh.io - http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1967/1967_67
Florida v. Bostick - http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1717
Whren v. United States - http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1995/1995_95_5841
Ohio v. Robinette - http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_891
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista - http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2000/2000_99_1408
Gideon v. Wainwrioght - http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1962/1962_155
Lockyer v. Andrade - http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2002/2002_01_1127

Finders Keepers Forfeiture Laws, Policing Incentives and Local Budgets

'Finders Keepers
Forfeiture Laws, Policing Incentives
and Local Budgets'
by Katherine Baiker
& Mirielle Jacobson

There is an external resource section of the TBW Reading Journal assignment that opens the opportunity for students to share information on their readings.  This journal, available online, was cited for Chapter 2's 'The Lockdown' by Armando.  The image above is linked to the location.  On the side of this journal page you can also view other books, journals, films, and other resource links for more information on our course activities, readings, and findings.

Scottsboro, An American Tragedy

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

YouTube Film: click here

PBS: click here

Last Three of Scottsboro Nine Recieve Posthumous Pardons for 1931 Crime
The Guardian: click here

Poems Futile in Face of Death, Says Langston Hughes at Kilby

Newspaper Article: click here

"Over Alabama that winter lay the shadow of Scottsboro.  But I heard no discussion whatsoever of the case at Tuskegee, although at nearby Kilby eight of the nine Negro boys involved were in the death house where I went to see them.  (The ninth boy, only thirteen years old, had had a mistrial and was in prison at Birmingham.)  Their chaplain a small-town Negro minister, said it might cheer the boys up if I would read them some of my poems.  So at Kilby Prison I went down the long corridor to the death house to read poetry to the Scottsboro boys.  In their grilled cells in that square room with a steel door to the electric chair at one end, in their gray prison uniforms, the eight black boys sat or lay listlessly in their bunks and paid little attention to me or to the minister as we stood in the corridor, separated from them by bars.  Most of them did not even greet us.  Only one boy came up to the bars and shook hands with me." - Langston Hughes, Autobiography, I Wonder as I Wander

Google News Archive: click here

Ferris State University Jim Crow Museum

"This is a link to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. It gives us an insight as to how the etiquette was during this time.  It indicates what the “norms” were and what the consequences were when those norms were violated.  I found this to be an eye opening understanding of just how a specific race/background/class was considered to be less than equivalent and how segregation took place for the individuals who were considered to be almost non-existent."

-Lenae (TBW, Spring 2014)

Jim Crow Museum: click here

"Using objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice." 

Notes from TBW Student Journal on Chapter 1, The Rebirth of Caste

Notes from TBW Student Journal on Chapter 1, The Rebirth of Caste

External Resource Response by Desiree

"The external research that I found has to do with the history of mass incarceration in the United States. In my search, I found an article titled “Mass Incarceration and Postwar American History” by Sara Mayeux.  The article is about a really cool podcast focused on mass incarceration and postwar American history as well. The podcast is done by The Journal of American History The podcast was really easy to listen to and brought up a lot of information that I think is important to our studies in the book. The podcast talks about “law and order” (as well as our assigned readings) and how law and order changed with the civil rights movement. The podcast, as well as the article also discusses the “stop and frisk” policing strategy which I think is really important to the mass incarceration topic, mostly due to the misuse of it. The podcast also speaks of drug use, and the fact that throughout the 20^th century it was stable, not increasing (hello, ‘war on drugs’) which just shows the misrepresentation of drug use and race. The article and the podcast both point out that by the year 2006 one in nine black men were in prison! (that statistic blew my mind!)... This ties in so beautifully to our chapter, I felt that hearing the podcast and reading the chapter both opened my eyes to what happened and how this is relevant even now. Mass incarceration is happening RIGHT NOW as I write this, it is an issue that needs to reviewed and taught so that people know what is going on."

-Desiree

The Journal of American History Podcast: click here 

Mass Incarceration and Postwar American History Article: click here 

Asean Johnson

Asean Johnson "We are not toys..."

"...Education is a right, that is why we have to fight!"

Drug War Racism

Drug War Racism / Michelle Alexander

A video noted in Tyanne's journal for The New Jim Crow, Chapter 1 'Rebirth of Caste'.

The Rebirth of Caste Timeline

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The New Jim Crow
The Rebirth of Caste Timeline

Spring 2014

The following timeline includes contributions from students enrolled in The Beat Within, A Compositional History of Incarcerated Writing Spring 2014 course.  The purpose of the assignment is to give us a visual perspective of the Rebirth of Caste five sections, 'The Birth of Slavery', 'The Death of Slavery', 'The Birth of Jim Crow', 'The Death of Jim Crow', and 'The Birth of Mass Incarceration'.  Students were also encouraged to include other references discovered in their research of The New Jim Crow's first chapter.  The Timeline will be incorporated into future semester activities and we invite the public to contribute to the timeline by providing a specific date and event that is relevant to the five sections covered in the Rebirth of Caste.  In the future, we may consider developing timelines for each specific period.

To view The Rebirth of Caste Timeline: click here

The Color of Justice

The Color of Justice

This week we'll be watching The Color of Justice film during our reading of The New Jim Crow Chapter 3, 'The Color of Justice'.  More information is available at the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network website: click here

The site includes an hour long roundtable discussion which you can view here: click here