Kalief Browder’s story is one that inspires change. Through every injustice that Kalief faced, he tackled it head on, not letting up for a second. All to fight for the one thing he knew he had, his truth.

Sources for this episode:

https://stopsolitaryforkids.org/kalief-browder-lost-to-solitary-confinement/

The September 23, 2012 incident in Rikers

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/exclusive-video-violence-inside-rikers

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law

https://innocenceproject.org/remembering-kalief-browder-year-suicide-rikers-island-shutdown/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-kalief-browder-young-man-who-killed-himself-after-jail-n962466

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/kalief-browder-settlement-lawsuit.html

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-in-his-own-words

https://www.kaliefbrowderfoundation.com/

Some links about the topics we covered today:

https://www.raceforward.org/videos/systemic-racism

https://www.elle.com.au/news/black-lives-matter-ally-23575

https://www.elle.com.au/news/performative-allyship-23586

https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_phillip_atiba_goff_rashad_robinson_dr_bernice_king_anthony_d_romero_the_path_to_ending_systemic_racism_in_the_us/

https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_garza_patrisse_cullors_and_opal_tometi_an_interview_with_the_founders_of_black_lives_matter/

https://naacp.org/take-action

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01394

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyvbgINZkQ