Annotated Bibliography
2020 Florida Statutes, Section 776.013: Justifiable Use of Force. Retrieved on August 1, 2021 from http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0776/Sections/0776.013.html
Online source for Florida statutes.
ABC News. (1999). Found Voices: Slave Narratives the Full Broadcast -Nightline.
Retrieved July 16-17, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Fk9pqybCA
This is where you can find the voices of slaves give actual accounts of their experiences.
Ajinkya, Julie. (March 21, 2012). Stand Your Ground Law Leads to Trayvon Martin’s Death: Legal Deadly Force Outside the Home Meets Racial Profiling. Center for American Progress. Retrieved on August 2, 2021 from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/21/11253/stand-your-ground-law-leads-to-trayvon-martins-death-legal-deadly-force-outside-the-home-meets-racial-profiling/
Online source detailing the death of Trayvon Martin.
Baldwin, James. (1955). Notes of a Native Son. Book that discusses Mr. Baldwin’s life and ideologies.
Baldwin, James. (1962). The Fire Next Time. Book that discusses aspects of the African American’s historical problems.
Balko, Radley. (2014). Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces. Books that discuss the various aspects of modern-day policing.
Editor. Biography. (Updated April 23, 2021; Original: April 2, 2014.) Booker T. Washington.
Retrieved July 17, 2021. https://www.biography.com/activist/booker-t-washington
Online source for information on several African American historical figures.
Editor. Biography. (Updated: Jan 13, 202; Original: Feb 20, 2015). Henry “Box Brown. Retrieved July 15, 2021. https://www.biography.com/activist/henry-box-brown
Online source for information on several African American historical figures.
Britannica. Plessy v. Ferguson: law case1896.. Retrieved on July 20, 2021.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plessy-v-Ferguson-1896. Online source for the Plessy v. Ferguson case law.
"Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka." Oyez. Accessed July 21, 2021. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483. Online source and good website for court cases.
Constitutional Rights Foundation. The “Southern Black Codes 1865-66. Retrieved July 17, 2021. https://www.crf-usa.org/brown-v-board-50th-anniversary/southern-black-codes.html
Online source with explanation of the Southern Black Codes in detail.
Douglass, Frederick. (1845). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Original Classic Edition): An American Slave –1845. Book that gives direct knowledge and the experience of Frederick Douglass during his enslavement and post slavery.
Fagin, James A. (2017). CJ2017. Textbook used in the course for Legal Administrative Assisting at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware. Good source for teaching on the criminal justice system with is comprised of the police, courts, corrections, terrorism and juvenile justice.
Foreman, Jr., James. (2017). Locking up our own: Crime and Punishment in Black America – 2017. Book that looks at the criminal justice system. It also touches on juvenile processing in the criminal justice system.
Fugitive Slave Act 1950: 9/1/1850. Accessed July 15, 2021. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/fugitive-slave-act#:~:text=Passed%20on%20September%2018%2C%201850,returning%2C%20and%20trying%20escaped%20slaves.
Online source for the statute.
Klarman, Michael J. (2004). From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality
Book that is in-depth about Jim Crow through the Civil Rights Movement.
Klarman, Michael J. (2007). Unfinished Business: Racial Equality in American History. Book that discusses the plight of the African American, along with civil rights.
Males, Mike. (February 11, 2021). Police shooting statistics of unarmed suspects show the young more likely to be killed. https://jjie.org/2021/02/11/police-shooting-statistics-of-unarmed-suspects-show-the-young-more-likely-to-be-killed/
Online source for statistics of police killings of unarmed African American males.
NBCNews.com. (July 30, 2020). No charges for officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, after follow-up probe. Retrieved August 1, 2021 from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-charges-officer-who-shot-michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-after-n1235382
Online news source that gives the story about the Michael Brown killing.
NPR.com. (December 29, 2020). Justice Department Declines to Prosecute Cleveland Officers in Death of Tamir Rice. America Recons with American Injustice Series on NPR.com.. Retrieved July 31, 2021, from https://www.npr.org/2020/12/29/951277146/justice-department-declines-to-prosecute-cleveland-officers-who-killed-tamir-ric
Online article about Tamir Rice and the decline to prosecute the officer that killed him.
New York Times. (Aug. 10, 2015). What Happened in Ferguson? Retrieved on August 1, 2021 from https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/us/ferguson-missouri-town-under-siege-after-police-shooting.html
Online news source that gives the story about the Michael Brown killing.
Parker Rhodes, Jewell. (2018). Ghost Boys. This book will be used for this curriculum unit. There are guided questions posed to the reader by the author at the end of the book.
Pulitzer Prize Winner David W. Blight Talks About Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
Accessed July 17, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_UW2LR0c38
Online source for the interview of David Blight.
Thompson, Cheryl. (January 25, 2021). Fatal Police Shootings of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns
Online source about patterns of police shootings of unarmed African Americans.
Walls, Bryan. “Freedom Marker: Courage and Creativity”.
https://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/underground-railroad/stories-freedom/henry-box-brown/. Online source that discusses the story of Henry “Box” Brown.
Washington Post, (Posted Sep. 15, 2019). The hidden history of America’s richest, cruelest slave owners. Retrieved on July 20, 2021. https://www.al.com/news/2019/09/the-hidden-history-of-americas-richest-cruelest-slave-owners.html
Online source for historical white slave owners in the South.
Whyte, III, Daniel. (2005). Letters to Young Black Men: Advice and Encouragement for a Difficult Journey. Book that gives advice to African American males for success and enduring the struggle in society.
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