Scope and Contents From the Series: As a lawyer and community activist, Kwaku Duren worked vigorously to fight police misconduct. He not only filed lawsuits against the police and federal authorities, but he also conducted vast amounts of research on racism’s infiltration in police institutions.This series contains anti-police abuse organizational papers, news stories, lawsuits against the police, and papers detailing community police relations. For materialsanything about the 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion, also commonly referred...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The B. Kwaku Duren papers, 1964-2012, consist of correspondence, reports, ephemera, clippings, photographs, research materials, and audio visual materials created and collected by lawyer and activist B. Kwaku Duren (born 1943). The papers document more than 40 years of Duren’s work with civil rights, political prisoners, police misconduct and community relations, community and political activism, and reparations for slavery, and with organizations including but not limited to the Black...

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This series details government procedure, law school education, and lawsuits in the form of journal articles, memos, lawsuit briefs, and government hearings. For anything pertaining to the police see "Police Misconduct and Accountability."

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This series details government procedure, law school education, and lawsuits in the form of journal articles, memos, lawsuit briefs, and government hearings. For anything pertaining to the police see "Police Misconduct and Accountability."

Scope and Contents From the Series: As a lawyer and community activist, Kwaku Duren worked vigorously to fight police misconduct. He not only filed lawsuits against the police and federal authorities, but he also conducted vast amounts of research on racism’s infiltration in police institutions.This series contains anti-police abuse organizational papers, news stories, lawsuits against the police, and papers detailing community police relations. For materialsanything about the 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion, also commonly referred...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This includes not only newspaper clippings but also newsletters, magazines, and press releases. In addition to nationally widely read American newspapers such as the “New York Times” and the “Los Angeles Times” this series contains international newspapers such as “Gramma International,” community newspapers and activist group newspapers such as the “Black Panther Intercommunal News Service” and publications. The file is organized by subjects and headlines. For news coverage of specific...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Political prisoners and their supporters often maintain that the imprisoned has been detained at the behest of the government and various other institutions of law and order. This series contains news stories on arrests and subsequent justice campaigns on behalf of the alleged falsely imprisoned. Also included are essays, letters, and other publications written and collected by the imprisoned. In addition, this series includes the stories of those not only imprisoned but also information on...

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These flyers cover the following topics: the Bakke Case, police misconduct, economic issues, and black literature.

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The reparations movement believes that the descendants of enslaved persons as a result of the Atlantic Slave Trade should receive not only payments as compensation but increased government recognition of slavery and it's liable parties. This series details different variations of the movement, news coverage, court files, the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade, and government petitions.

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This series contains community program agendas and papers that details various activist groups. There are papers that cover issues all over the world. For anti-police abuse or misconduct activism see "Police Misconduct and Accountability," for prison system activism see "Political Prisoners, the Prison System, and Assassinations," and for New Panther Vanguard Movement Community Forums see "Public Presentations."