Kalief Browder

The Chalkline

Feb 10, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 20

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Episode description

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:
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story

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