| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms |
| Sky Leah Ross |
"A SPACE FOR YOU" |
32 Hastings Women's L.J. 109 [Hastings Women's Law Journal] (Winter, 2021) |
This poem was written in remembrance of all the innocent Black lives lost, and in solidarity with the movements that continue the battle for systemic change. A Space for You --Sky Leah Ross I see your anger & frustration, all of the agony you've been through; Lay it down here, let me make a space for you. For all of the pain, all of the hurt, all... |
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| Michael Heise, Jason P. Nance |
"DEFUND THE (SCHOOL) POLICE"? BRINGING DATA TO KEY SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE CLAIMS |
111 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 717 [Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology] (Summer, 2021) |
Nationwide calls to Defund the Police, largely attributable to the resurgent Black Lives Matter demonstrations, have motivated derivative calls for public school districts to consider defunding (or modifying) school resource officer (SRO/police) programs. To be sure, a school's SRO/police presence-- and the size of that presence--may... |
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| Phyllis W. Cheng, Ann M. Noel, and Susan Saylor, Ann M. Noel |
§ 14:3. Ralph Act jury instructions |
TRG-CAFAIR § 14:3 [California Fair Housing and Public Accommodations] (2021) |
California courts have adopted the elements of proof as set out in the California Jury Instructions. (CACI 3064; Black Lives Matter-Stockton Chapter v. San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, 398 F. Supp. 3d 660, 678-679 (E.D. Cal. 2019); Austin B. v. Escondido Union School Dist., 149 Cal. App. 4th 860, 57 Cal. Rptr. 3d 454, 471, 219 Ed. Law Rep. 91... |
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| Shannon Thyme Klinger and Teresa T. Bonder |
§ 39:8.50. The case for creating an organized D&I program-D&I in light of the Black Lives Matter movement |
SPARTNER § 39:8.50 [Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel] (2021) |
In the weeks and months following the killings of George Floyd, Breona Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks (among others), tens of millions of people across the United States took to the streets in protest. These demonstrations, aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement, called for an end to racist policing and other systems of power that perpetuate... |
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¶ 37,587 HOME DEPOT ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST EMPLOYEE WHO RAISED RACIAL HARASSMENT ISSUES, WORE BLM SLOGAN - NLRB NEWS |
Labor & Empl. L. P 37587 [Labor & Employment Law] (2021) |
By WK Editorial Staff On August 12, the NLRB's Region 18Minneapolis office issued a complaint against Home Depot USA, Inc., alleging that the national home improvement chain discriminated against an employee in a Minneapolis store for raising issues of racial harassment with coworkers and managers and displaying a Black Lives Matter slogan on his... |
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¶ 37,587 HOME DEPOT ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST EMPLOYEE WHO RAISED RACIAL HARASSMENT ISSUES, WORE BLM SLOGAN - NLRB NEWS |
Labor & Empl. L. P 37587 [Labor & Employment Law] (2021) |
By WK Editorial Staff On August 12, the NLRB's Region 18Minneapolis office issued a complaint against Home Depot USA, Inc., alleging that the national home improvement chain discriminated against an employee in a Minneapolis store for raising issues of racial harassment with coworkers and managers and displaying a Black Lives Matter slogan on his... |
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| Rebecca Beitsch |
Acting attorney general says DOJ will enforce law |
The Hill (1/6/2021) |
Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen condemned the rioters who forced their way into the Capitol Wednesday, saying the Department of Justice (DOJ) would enforce the laws of our land.",...frequently criticized left-leaning protestors. He was particularly vocal as Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country in May and June |
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48 No. 1 Quinlan, School Law Bulletin NL 6 [School Law Bulletin] (1/10/2021) |
Jeff Davis Elementary in the Biloxi School District (BSD) has renamed to Back Bay Elementary in an effort to be more racially conscious. Discussions of racial injustice which were bolstered by the Black Lives Matter movement have inspired many communities across the country to reconsider the public display of Confederate monuments and to update... |
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48 No. 14 Quinlan, School Law Bulletin NL 4 [School Law Bulletin] (7/25/2021) |
East Penn School District (EPSD) is being sued by Maureen and Christopher Brophy, the Christian parents of children in the district. They claim that their children should be exempt from lessons concerning the Black Lives Matter movement that involve lessons about race because it goes against their religious teachings. According to the lawsuit, the... |
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| Joseph Pileri |
ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS: TRUTH, RECONCILIATION, AND CORPORATE AMERICA |
18 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 157 [Berkeley Business Law Journal] (2021) |
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, many American companies issued public statements to support the Black Lives Matter movement and promised steps to address internal racial inequality and systemic racism. Telling Black Americans that their lives matter, Apple CEO Tim Cook promised to bring critical resources and technology to underserved... |
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| Joseph Pileri |
ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS: TRUTH, RECONCILIATION, AND CORPORATE AMERICA |
18 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 157 [Berkeley Business Law Journal] (2021) |
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, many American companies issued public statements to support the Black Lives Matter movement and promised steps to address internal racial inequality and systemic racism. Telling Black Americans that their lives matter, Apple CEO Tim Cook promised to bring critical resources and technology to underserved... |
2021 |
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| Nathalie Martin |
BAD APPLES OR A ROTTEN TREE: AMELIORATING THE DOUBLE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19 AND RACIAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITY |
82 Mont. L. Rev. 105 [Montana Law Review] (Winter, 2021) |
Black Lives Matter signs pepper our rural, middle class neighborhood. Like many of the neighborhoods in my town, there are few Black Americans living nearby. The signs are a symbol of the desire to do something, finally, about systemic racism. There are other subtle shifts occurring as well. More books on racism top bestsellers lists and more ads... |
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| Alex Gangitano |
Biden criticizes Putin's 'ridiculous comparison' between Capitol rioters and critics |
The Hill (6/16/2021) |
President Biden on Wednesday called Russian President Vladimir Putins comparison of the Black Lives Matter movement and arrests of Jan. 6 rioters to the treatment of pro-democracy protestors in Russia as ridiculous. |
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Biden says there was double standard in treatment of Capitol mob, BLM protesters |
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President-elect Joe Biden said the treatment of the rioters at the Capitol insurrection on Wednesday and of Black Lives Matter protesters last year revealed a blatant double standard in how law enforcement responded to the two groups. |
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| Samy Abdallah |
BLACK LIVES MATTER ABROAD, TOO: PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO THE RACIALIZED POLICING OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS IN ISRAEL |
27 Wm. & Mary J. Race, Gender & Soc. Just. 515 [William and Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice] (Winter, 2021) |
Introduction I. Overview of the Ethiopian Jewish Presence in Israel A. Who Are the Ethiopian Jewish Minority? B. Escape to Israel from Religious Persecution in Ethiopia C. Settlement in a New Land II. Comparing Palestinians and Ethiopian Jews A. Insular Groups in a White Society B. Views on the Police C. The Rules of Engagement III. Possible... |
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| Catherine Engberg |
BLACK LIVES MATTER AS GOVERNMENT SPEECH |
44-SEP L.A. Law. 10 [Los Angeles Lawyer] (September, 2021) |
In June 2020, communities across California and the world protested and mourned the nationally recognized acts of violence against Black Lives. #Say Their Names compiled a long list of black individuals who lost their lives in 2020 including Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. A video of the Minneapolis police brutally killing George... |
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| Megan Ming Francis , Leah Wright-Rigueur |
BLACK LIVES MATTER IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE |
17 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 441 [Annual Review of Law and Social Science] (2021) |
Black Lives Matter, violence, protest, Black politics, civil rights, social movements This review examines the Black Lives Matter movement. Despite a growing body of literature focused on explaining the formation and activities of the present Black Lives Matter movement, less attention is given to the historical antecedents. What are earlier Black... |
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| Megan Ming Francis , Leah Wright-Rigueur |
BLACK LIVES MATTER IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE |
17 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 441 [Annual Review of Law and Social Science] (2021) |
Black Lives Matter, violence, protest, Black politics, civil rights, social movements This review examines the Black Lives Matter movement. Despite a growing body of literature focused on explaining the formation and activities of the present Black Lives Matter movement, less attention is given to the historical antecedents. What are earlier Black... |
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| Olafimihan Oshin |
Blinken authorized embassies to fly Black Lives Matter flags on Floyd anniversary: report |
The Hill (5/27/2021) |
Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized all U.S. embassies overseas to fly flags honoring the Black Lives Matter movement on the anniversary of George Floyds death. |
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| Toni Jaramilla |
BLM: UPRISINGS TO REFORM |
44-JUN L.A. Law. 28 [Los Angeles Lawyer] (June, 2021) |
Echoing many concerns of the 1960s Civil Rights movement, Black Lives Matter has raised awareness that policing should not be an us versus them proposition The words of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., A riot is the language of the unheard, ring as true today as they did in the 1950s and 1960s when he marched and protested during the civil... |
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| Gabrielle M. Haddad |
CONFRONTING THE BIASED ALGORITHM: THE DANGER OF ADMITTING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY RESULTS IN THE COURTROOM |
23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 891 [Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law] (Summer, 2021) |
From unlocking an iPhone to Facebook tags, facial recognition technology has become increasingly commonplace in modern society. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and call for police reform in the United States, it is important now more than ever to consider the implications of law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology. A... |
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| Zack Budryk |
Cori Bush dismisses concerns of being 'co-opted' by establishment |
The Hill (1/19/2021) |
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who worked as a Black Lives Matter organizer in Ferguson, Mo., before taking office, said in a new interview that she is not at risk of being co-opted by the party establishment. |
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| Wayne D. Garris Jr., J.D. |
DISCRIMINATION-RACE-D. MASS.: NO RACE BIAS, RETALIATION CLAIMS FOR WHOLE FOODS EMPLOYEES BANNED FROM WEARING BLM ATTIRE |
[Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily] (2/8/2021) |
The employees alleged that the grocer had a dress code, but only enforced it when they started to wear Black Lives Matter masks to work. A federal district court in Massachusetts has granted Whole Foods' and Amazon's motions to dismiss the race discrimination claims of a class of current and former employees who claimed that they were punished for... |
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| Jacqueline M. Prats |
DIVERSITY INITIATIVES AND THE BACKLASH OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS |
95-OCT Fla. B.J. 42 [Florida Bar Journal] (September/October, 2021) |
By now, most Americans have probably heard of the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements. Although the Black Lives Matter movement had been active for a number of years, it gained international attention in the summer of 2020 when protests broke out across the nation in response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Among... |
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| William C.C. Kemp-Neal J.D. |
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: USING ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING TO LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY, AND RE-SHAPE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE & POLLUTION IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR |
32 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 295 [Fordham Environmental Law Review] (Symposium-Spring, 2021) |
Long before the phrase I can't breathe became a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter activists protesting the deaths of Black people at the hands of police, environmental-justice activists warned that pollution was choking and killing people of color in the U.S. In the mid-1900s the United States began to see a rise in concern for environmental... |
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| Veronica Root Martinez, Gina-Gail S. Fletcher |
EQUALITY METRICS |
130 Yale L.J. Forum 869 [Yale Law Journal Forum] (6/1/2021) |
This time is different. This time the death of another Black man at the hands of white police officers prompted calls for change not only within police departments, but across all aspects of American life. Those calls for change resulted in significant displays of support for the Black Lives Matter movement and interest in how to... |
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| By Keith Lewis, CQ Roll Call |
ESG investing gains traction amid pandemic, Black Lives Matter: survey |
[CQ Roll Call Washington Corporate Governance Briefing] (9/23/2021) |
The environmental, social and governance movement, which seeks to pressure public companies to consider longer-term risks and a broader a range of stakeholders, gained traction amid the pandemic and heightened racial strife in the past year, according to survey of investment professionals. |
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| Aina N. Watkins |
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13950, ON COMBATING RACE AND SEX STEREOTYPING: ITS EFFECT ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS' USE OF DIVERSITY TRAINING |
56-FALL Procurement Law. 10 [Procurement Lawyer] (Fall, 2021) |
In 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that barred federal agencies from conducting diversity training focusing on anti-racism in the United States; the order came after the debut of the 1619 Project (a critical retrospective on race history in the United States), and in the aftermath of a surge in the Black Lives Matter... |
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| G. Alex Sinha |
FALSE FLAGS AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT: LYING THROUGH SYMBOLIC SPEECH |
89 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo 133 [George Washington Law Review Arguendo] (November, 2021) |
Ivan Hunter, a leader of the right-wing Boogaloo Bois, recently pleaded guilty to participating in a riot when he fired his AK-47 at the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct during a Black Lives Matter protest in May of 2020. Hunter's target--the home base of Derek Chauvin, the officer captured on video killing George Floyd--burned down at the hands... |
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| Celine Castronuovo |
Feds deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters |
The Hill (8/18/2021) |
A report released Wednesday by racial justice organization The Movement for Black Lives found that the Justice Department (DOJ) under former President Trump intentionally targeted Black Lives Matter protesters with prosecutions in order to disrupt the movement amid last summers wave of civil unrest. |
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