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  1. Edward Baptist: Tracing the roots of anti-Black policing in efforts to control people who attempted to liberate themselves from slavery. —Not a new argument, but one put forward by John Hope Franklin, others.
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      For other examples of work tracing this history, check out Kristian Williams, _Our Enemies in Blue;_ Jill Nelson et al., _Police Brutality: An Anthology._
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      Baptist: Key questions… how to honor the legacy of people who resisted slavery in the ways we tell history; how to understand enjoyment white people took in racial control.
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        Glenn Ligon, one artist tracing the legacy of policing runaways in the present. metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/490240 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Ligon
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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