BLACK LIVES MATTER

These four interviews done in the aftermath of the 2014 killing of Eric Garner in New York. Mendocino student Kira Poehlman tells how the Mendocino High School Girls basketball team, was banned from the fort Bragg holiday tournament for wearing shirts which read “I can’t breathe.” Professor Alex Vitali talks about the police and society. UCLA law professors Kimberly Crensaw, Devon Carbado and Cheyl Harris talk about Black Lives Matter and the Law. UCLA historian Robin D.G. Kelley discusses Black Lives Matter in the context of US history.

Black Lives Matter Part 1

Black Lives Matter Part 2

Black Lives Matter Part 3

Black Lives Matter Part 4

Kimberle Crenshaw
Cheryl Harris
Devon Carbado