"Where Did All That Power Go?: Black Muslims and the Movement for Community Control and Police Accountability"

08 Nov 2018

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"Where Did All That Power Go?: Black Muslims and the Movement for Community Control and Police Accountability"

Rasul Miller, is a PhD candidate and a William Fontaine fellow of Africana Studies and History at the University of Pennsylvania. Rasul’s research interests “include Muslim movements in 20th century America and their relationship to Black internationalist thought and West African intellectual history. He serves as editor and contributing writer for the history section of Sapelo Square, an award winning online platform dedicated to the experiences of Black Muslims.”

“The recent rise in public awareness regarding abusive policing and the use of excessive force by law enforcement, resulting in the deaths of young black men and women around the country, has prompted a national discussion around issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and the militarization of American police departments. Of course, these issues are far from new. During the late 1960’s and 1970’s, a number of Black radical organizations attempted to address the problem of violent police discrimination by developing strategies to promote community control of police departments serving in urban, majority Black settings. Black Muslim congregations did the same. This talk will examine some of the strategies that Black American Muslim communities pioneered, developed, and embraced in order to assert their rights and protect their communities when faced with rampant police brutality during the same period.”

Event Date: 
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Institution(s): 
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, Africana Studies Center, Department of Religious Studies, Islamicate Studies Working Group
Contact: 
Elaine Linn, eel58@pitt.edu
Location: 
Wesley W. Posvar Hall Room 3106