Policing the Black Experience and Critical Race Theory

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Published: Sep 8, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2688-9595.2023.4.1.69-72
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CRT Black Studies Policing African American history AP Studies

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Nicholas Durham

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This essay is an undergraduate student essay responding to the Critical Analysis assignment associated with the Martinez and Smith article (within this issue 4.1): "Critical Theory, Critical Race Representations: Counterstory as Literary Intervention"

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): Writers: Craft & Context
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