African American Studies

Today the #blacklivesmatter Web Archive contains news articles, blogs, social media, and other websites related to Ferguson, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, protests and demonstrations around the country, and seeks to document the movement as it grows and evolves.

This is the Official #BlackLivesMatter Organization founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza.

Preserve the Baltimore Uprising is a digital repository that seeks to preserve and make accessible original content that was captured and created by individual community members, grassroots organizations, and witnesses to the protests that followed the death of Freddie Gray on April 19, 2015.

Documenting Ferguson is a freely available resource that seeks to preserve and make accessible the digital media captured and created by community members following the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014.

A list of readings that educators can use to broach conversations in the classroom about the shooting of nine church members in Charleston, South Carolina on the evening of June 17, 2015

Narrates recent developments about the case of Sandra Bland by drawing attention to published journalism as well as on-the-ground activism through social media and digital history.

Curated by the African American Intellectual History Society in collaboration with Dr. Rigueur; helps educators broach conversations about an ongoing and seminal event in United States and African American History.

Eliminating Racial Inequity in the Criminal Justice System