#SchomburgSyllabus: Policing, Mass Incarceration & Abolition
The #SchomburgSyllabus is an archive of new and recent educational resources relating to Black studies, movements, and experiences. By connecting these materials to the Schomburg Center’s collections, we honor and recognize the source and strength of Black self-education practices, collective study, and librarianship. The #SchomburgSyllabus is curated by Schomburg Center staff and organized into 27 themes to foster a greater understanding of the Black experience. Explore resources below to learn more about Policing, Mass Incarceration, and Abolition.
#SchomburgSyllabus: Policing, Mass Incarceration & Abolition
Abolição = Abolition / directed by Zozimo Bulbul (1998), Sc Visual DVD-49, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
ASSATA: In her own words (Syllabus) / by Justin Adkins (Spring 2018), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, #Syllabus Web Archive Collection – Archive-It, The New York Public Library
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America / by Khalil Gibran Muhammad (2010), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library
The End of the Nightstick: Confronting Police Brutality in Chicago / directed by Peter Kuttner, Cyndi Moran, Eric Scholl (1994), Sc Visual VRA-335, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
If You’re New to Abolition: Study Group Guide / by Abolition Journal (June 25, 2020), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, #Syllabus Web Archive Collection – Archive-It, The New York Public Library
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Image: Support Black Liberation: Free Assata Shakur, Free Sundiata Acoli, 1960–1980. Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
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Special Thanks
The #SchomburgSyllabus is made possible through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support for the #SchomburgSyllabus project, and the Community Webs program, which is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Internet Archive, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.