| We all understand the role of police brutality in galvanizing the Black Lives Matter movement and as central to the movement’s demands. However, with the exception of a few iconic figures like Bull Connor in Birmingham, the police are less visible in public memory of the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, as Joshua Clark Davis tells in dramatic prose, the police were just as big a player in the 1960s as they are now. In fact, Davis notes that, Local police were far more experienced in spying on and sabotaging activists than we have acknowledged — so much so that COINTELPRO should be recognized for federalizing efforts that local police departments had already undertaken to disrupt the Civil Rights Movement. And the response was not passive. Organizers in CORE and SNCC took direct action against police violence. Available for pre-order, this book is vital for U.S. history teachers. |
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