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Marissa Jenrich, “‘Like a Crow on Carrion’: Black Women’s Resistance to Police Power in New York City, 1861-1880”
Marissa Jenrich, “‘Like a Crow on Carrion’: Black Women’s Resistance to Police Power in New York City, 1861-1880”
Marissa's article highlights the complex relationship between black women and New York City police in the years between the founding of the municipal force in 1845 and the officer-driven race riot that punctuated the turn of the twentieth century. It considers how shifts in police power, departmental structure, and jurisdiction altered the lives of women of color […]
