IDSD 145 : Black Political Prisoners in History

Explore the criminal justice system through the lens of black political repression. The main objective of this course is to illustrate how the government has tried to silence and crush black activists and black activism since the Garvey era—especially those with the most radical critique of the state. Currently, there are dozens of political prisoners from the Black Panther era and more are being created by the BLM movement.