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The Origins of Policing and Civil Rights Movements

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Discussion about the origins of policing as it relates to modern day policing techniques and social movement responses, the rise of Black, democratically elected dictators and their relationship to the US (Ernesto Che Guevera, Augusto Pinochet, Jacobo Arbenz), and different ways to accept a modern day, multi-cultural society. Topics include the early formation of slave patrols and systemic remnants found today, Latin America being America's "backyard," and maroon communities.

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Title
The Origins of Policing and Civil Rights Movements
Creator
University of Pittsburgh. Global Studies Center
Subject
African diaspora, Police--History--Social aspects, Communism, Dictators, International relations, Foreign interference in elections, Racism against Black people, Slavery--History--Social aspects, Transatlantic slave trade--History--Social aspects, U.S. Army School of the Americas
Description
Discussion about the origins of policing as it relates to modern day policing techniques and social movement responses, the rise of Black, democratically elected dictators and their relationship to the US (Ernesto Che Guevera, Augusto Pinochet, Jacobo Arbenz), and different ways to accept a modern day, multi-cultural society. Topics include the early formation of slave patrols and systemic remnants found today, Latin America being America's "backyard," and maroon communities.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh, Global Studies Center
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor), Bonilla, Eddie (interviewee), Reimink, Keith (interviewer)
Date
2021-01-10
Type
moving images
Format
digital, 105 minutes
Identifier
pitt:666980145
Language
eng
Relation
Global Studies Oral History Collection
Coverage
Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, Latin America, United States
Rights
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