History of Black Uprisings from Watts to Ferguson -- Conversation with Donna Murch

'Donna Murch gives  an historical outline of the African American uprisings from Watts in Los Angeles in 1965 to Ferguson, MO in 2014 after the murder of Michael Brown by a police officer.  Murch is associate professor of history at Rutgers University and currently completing a new trade press book entitled Crack in Los Angeles: Policing the Crisis and the War on Drugs, which explores the militarization of law enforcement, the social history of drug consumption and sale, and the political economy of mass incarceration in late twentieth century California. She is also author of the forthcoming Revolution in Our Lifetime from Verso Press (October, 2016), which explores the history and the legacy of the Black Panther Party for its 50th anniversary.' -- Archipelago -- the podcast of The Funambulist Magazine .