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Book SynopsisMany urban centres are shaken to their core with mistrust between communities and law enforcement. Erosion was exacerbated in the Obama-era, intensified during the 2016 campaign, and is violently manifested in Trump’s presidency. The promise of uniting communities articulated by leaders lays broken. The text suggests that promise of prosperous and engaged urban citizenry will remain broken until we can honestly address the following unanswered questions: What factors contribute to the creation of divided communities? What happened to erode trust between community and law enforcement? What concerns and challenges do law enforcement officials have relating to policing within urban centres? What are the experiences of residents and police? And, finally, whose lives really matter, and how do we move forward? Contributors are: Lawrence Baines, Amber C. Bryant, Erica L. Bumpers, Issac Carter, Justin A. Cole, Erin Dreeszen, Jaquial Durham, Antonio Ellis, Idara Essien, Jeffrey M. Frank, Beatriz Gonzalez, Aaron J. Griffen, Jennie L. Hanna, Diane M. Harnek Hall, Cleveland Hayes, Deanna Hayes-Wilson, Stacey Hill, Jim L. Hollar, Taharee A. Jackson, Melinda Jackson-Jefferson, Sharon D. Jones-Eversley, Stephen M. Lentz, Patricia Maloney, Isiah Marshall, Jr., Derrick McKisick, Rebecca Neal, Ariel Quinio, Jacqueline M. Rhoden-Trader, Derrick Robinson, Ebony B. Rose, Randa Suleiman, Clarice Thomas, Kerri J. Tobin, Eddie Vanderhorst, Rolanda L. Ward, Deondra Warner, John Williams, Deleon M. Wilson, Geoffrey L. Wood, Jemimah L. Young, and Jie Yu.
Table of ContentsBlack Bodies, Blue Ribbons: An Introduction Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, Kerri J. Tobin and Stephen M. Lentz 1. The Jim Crow Effect on Federal Policy and Practice: Social Engineering and the Making of Metropolis in Black and White Issac Carter, Beatriz Gonzalez and Cleveland Hayes 2. The Costs of Whistling, Orange Juice, and Skittles: An Anti-Black Examination of the Extrajudicial Killings of Black Youth Justin A. Coles 3. The Myth of Post-Emancipation: Utilizing the 1857 Dred Scott Decision and the 2017 Chicago Department of Justice Report to Examine Hyper-Policing, Black Freedom, and Strategies for Resistance Ebony Rose 4. East vs. West: The Industrious and Inconsistent Rising of Buffalo, New York Roland L. Ward and Isiah Marshall Jr 5. Historical Categorical Inequality: The Creation of Two Segregated Cities within an Urban Centre Geoffrey L. Wood 6. Segregation Then, Segregation Now: A Tale of Two Cities within One Urban Area Melinda Jackson-Jefferson and Deondra Warner 7. The Double Penalty: How School and Neighborhood Segregation Affects Racial Conflict Patricia Maloney 8. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold Deanna Hayes-Wilson 9. The Contested New Territory: Integration and Dissatisfaction Ariel Quinio 10. Cranes, Cones, and Invisible Walls: How Zip Codes, Economic Development, and Housing Patterns Strengthen Segregation Derrick Robinson 11. Fighting the Powers That Be: Examining Conflicting Dual Legitimate Powers Operative in Urban America Sharon D. Jones-Eversley, Diane M. Harnek Hall and Jacqueline M. Rhoden-Trader 12. The Decreasing Value of Labor in the Modern Age Broken Promise: Black Deaths and Blue Ribbons Derrick D. McKisick 13. A Tale of Two Cities: A Divide of White and Black Non-Unification Erica L. Bumpers 14. Living in a Warzone Jaquial Durham 15. Police Brutality in North Charleston, South Carolina: Somebody Has to Say Something Antonio L. Ellis and Eddie Vanderhorst 16. An Inspired Protest: Notes from Baton Rouge 2016 Protests Deleon M. Wilson 17. We Don’t Want No Trouble: Inspiring White Accomplices and Solidarity in the Age of All Lives Matter Taharee A. Jackson 18. On the Frontlines: The Role of Social Media in the Charlotte Protests Tiffany Hollis 19. Truths We Don’t Share Erin Dreeszen 20. Under-Educated and Over-Adjudicated Jemimah L. Young 21. The Role of Faith in Advocating for Black Minds Rebecca A. Neal and Idara Essien 22. Blacklivesmatter, But Only So Much? Evaluating Per Pupil Expenditures in Two Detroit Metropolitan School Districts Amber C. Bryant 23. Us Versus Them: Charter Schools, Vouchers, and the New Segregation Lawrence Baines, Jennie Hanna and Stacey Hill 24. Policing the School Kerri J. Tobin and Stephen M. Lentz 25. The Hardened Heart Jeff Frank 26. Alternatives to Over Utilizing Law Enforcement in Our Schools: Hearing from Administrators & Teachers in Milwaukee County Schools Randa Suleiman and Jim Hollar 27. Education, Economics & Segregation in Baton Rouge John Williams, III, Amber C. Bryant and Chance W. Lewis 28. What Does It Mean to be United? Clarice Thomas and Martha Donovan 29. Wounds and Band-Aids in a Divided Society Jie Yu 30. White Matters Aaron J. Griffen
