Using an intersectional lens of race and gender, this article offers a critique of the Kerner
Commission report and fills the gap of the missing analysis of white rage and of black women. A …

This edited textbook will be appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate
level courses and will serve as a comprehensive and timely introduction to the field of …

… (Edited by Dena Phillips Swanson, Malik Chaka Edwards, and Margaret Beale Spencer.)
Burlington: Academic Press. …

This article examines the interracial alliances forged in 1968 in Camden, New Jersey,
between Black and white clergy, the urban Black Peoples Unity Movement (BPUM), and the …

… Dena Phillips Swanson, Malik Chaka Edwards, and Margaret Beale Spencer have
suggested a simpler model for sexual identity development: first, initial awareness of same-sex …

My dissertation dispels an opinion held by many people in the world that African Americans
have not made any meaningful contributions to the globe’s development except through …

The Kerner Commission identified factors contributing to police ineffectiveness during the
1960s civil disorders. Since release of the Kerner report, the frequency and intensity of civil …

As COVID-19 cases in the United States (US) have skyrocketed, the virus seems to
disproportionately affect Blacks, minorities, and the poor. In addition to inversely affecting public …

… Juxtaposing the President’s Task Force on the 21st Century Policing in 2015 with the
Kerner report, Bentley-Edwards and her co-authors show that little has changed in terms of …