It’s been 30 years since the world saw Rodney King on video being beaten by Los Angeles police officers. Since then, the list of Black people killed at the hands of police has grown — Eric Garner, Daunte Wright and Ma’Khia Bryant, the 16-year old Black girl shot hours before Chauvin was pronounced guilty of murdering George Floyd. Mary C. Curtis speaks to activist and podcast host DeRay McKesson on how to challenge the power of the police and how policies can be changed for the better.

Show Notes:

• Jim Crow 2.0
• Back to the Future: The ERA
• What the pandemic taught America about racial injustice
• A window into the life and work of Stacey E. Plaskett
• Seeking environmental justice: the impact of climate change on communities of color