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Created in 2020 in the midst of the global uprisings after the police murder of George Floyd, Black OC Archive is a project that works to highlight the experiences, issues, and radical traditions of Black and other oppressed communities in so-called Orange County, California and beyond.
Recommended Readings 📖
"We Are Still Here." A Report On Past, Present, and Ongoing Harms Against Local Tribes
Los Angeles City / County Native American Indian Commission
"I'm getting weaker as each day passes..."
An Analysis of Death and Dying in Orange County Jails
Bookings Into Orange County Jail
Million Dollar Hoods
Orange County Jails - 2017
ACLU of Southern California
"This Place is Slowly Killing Me.": Abuse and Neglect in Orange County Emergency Shelters
ACLU of Southern California
Black OC Archive Book Shelf 📚
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873
by Benjamin Madley
A Different Shade of Orange: Voices of Orange County, California, Black Pioneers
by Robert A. Johnson & Charlene M. Riggins
Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality
by Tanya Katerí Hernández
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
by Angela Y. Davis
Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism
by Harsha Walia