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    Whose Fault is Ferguson? The Roots of Our National Discord

    Whose Fault is Ferguson? The Roots of Our National Discord

    May 18, 2015

    Miller Center American Forum | Speaker: Orlando Patterson. Television broadcast: June 7th on many PBS stations (Note: Not carried in Boston-area). Audio and video will also be made available on the Miller Center website.

    Why African Americans don't trust the courts, and why it matters

    Why African Americans don't trust the courts, and why it matters

    February 11, 2016

    The Marshall Project | By Sara Sternberg Greene (Ph.D. '14, now Associate Professor, Duke Law School): "My research suggests that the disparate treatment African Americans receive at the hands of the criminal justice system—or even the perception of disparity—may perpetuate inequality in ways that so far have been largely overlooked." How distrust of the criminal justice system spills over into the civil justice system...with often dire consequences for the poor. 

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