Police brutality in the United States: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
Historical aspects of police brutality against African Americans are discussed in Glenn T. Eskew, But for Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle (1997); Laurie B. Green, Battling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis cnd the Black Freedom Struggle (2007); and Leonard N. Moore, Black Rage in New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina (2010).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 03, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-reference to Rodney King, Top Questions. | Sep 03, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-references and modernized spelling throughout. | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to George Floyd. | Aug 03, 2023 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Jul 27, 2020 | ||
| Article revised to note that the Black Lives Matter movement was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. | Jul 01, 2020 | ||
| Article revised to mention additional incidents and victims of police brutality. | Jun 04, 2020 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jul 27, 2016 | ||
| Standing article replaced by new entry written by Leonard Moore. | Jul 19, 2016 | ||
| New article added. | Jul 08, 2016 |
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