Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

“Stand Your Ground” Laws: Civil Rights and Public Safety Implications of the Expanded Use of Deadly Force

Congressional Hearing: Hearing before the Subcom on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights to examine civil rights and public safety implications of “stand your ground” (SYG) laws, which allow a person to legally use deadly force in response to a perceived threat, in light of concerns regarding Feb. 26, 2012, incident in Sanford, Fla. in which George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon B. Martin, who was unarmed, during an altercation., 2013

112 H. Res. 612 (Introduced in the House)

Bill text: Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless of defenses asserted by the offender., 2012

113 H. Res. 55 (Introduced in the House)

Bill text: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling., 2013

114 H. Res. 96 (Introduced in the House)

Bill text: Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling., 2015

115 H. Res. 978 (Introduced in the House)

Honoring the life of Trayvon Martin, urging the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, and calling on the United States Government to address the crisis of racial profiling., 2018

Detroit

Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Files: Detroit, Michigan, Kerner Commission files, September 1967, 1967-1968

44-12831-455-44-12831-510 February 1965-March 1965. 132pp.

FBI folder on memorial services for Jimmie Lee Jackson, plans for Selma to Montgomery March, Bloody Sunday attack by Alabama state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s decision on March 9 to turn back to Selma, February 1965-March 1965, 1965

44-12831-571-44-12831-641 March 1965. 250pp.

FBI folder on March 9 decision of Martin Luther King Jr., to turn back to Selma, memorial services for the Reverend James Reeb, FBI investigation into Bloody Sunday, March 1965, 1965