UNST Portland - Batchelder: Social Justice Resources
Recommended Library Resources for Social Justice
Reports from CQ Researcher contain a brief overview of the topic, including background information, and include a chronology of events, a pro/con look, and maps and graphs. Each report comes with a bibliography featuring more sources on the topic.
Additional Library Resources:
Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social JusticePublication Date: 2015
Encyclopedia of American Social MovementsPublication Date: 2015
Black Lives Matter by Publication Date: 2018
Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization by Publication Date: 2019
Recommended Web Resources for Black Lives Matter
- Black Lives Matter HomepageOfficial homepage of the Black Lives Matter Movement
- #blacklivesmatter Web ArchiveWeb Archive for URLs related to black lives matter.
- Fatal EncountersDatabase in progress of all deaths through police interaction in the United States since Jan. 1, 2000.
- Bureau of Justice StatisticsFind statistics and surveys related to law enforcement.
- Mapping Police ViolenceProvides information and statistics regarding police violence in the United States.
- Black Lives Matter Library Guide from Cornell UniversityProvides information resources related to the BLM movement and its founding.
Black Lives Matter in Portland:
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