ETH STD 21AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Fannie Lou Hamer, Angela Davis, Vincent Harding
11 Mar 2016
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Angela davis arrested and put in county jail for shooting. Interview: black panthers" party still exists and is active, others don"t understand the lives / violence of blacks, people think of violence first when they hear revolution . There were political prisoners before mass incarceration: jap, chinese, african. Black panthers party called public enemy number 1. Vincent harding: breaking and chain and steering the ship , when african. Student nonviolence coordinating committee (sncc): behind freedom summer, Power is distributed among many, inter-generation, needs to be a team effort. Ca prop 21: forbids more than 3 gang members to be on the street together. Dissent vs. crime: disagreeing with the authorities does not mean it is a crime. Need to point out that mass incarceration grew dramatically since the war on drugs (need to consider policy- economic, cultural, social) Important black leader: civil rights, voting rights activists. Elimination @ 3rd grade, sharecropped (schools open 3 months)
