Race and Diversity in Suburbia: Police and Community Working Together: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled African American Women in Suburbia. It consists of a three white DVDs (2022.90.3.1abc) with the program title, date and college logo printed on each of them.

The first DVD (a) opens with Dr. Philip Dolce welcoming the everyone to the program. He also invites several individuals to provide opening remarks including William Corcoran, Frank Regino, and Jim Tedesco. Their remarks are followed by Prof. Maureen Ellis Davis, who delivers a lecture on changes in suburbia during the 20th century. Topics discussed in her lecture include the distinction between community and neighborhood; some of the factors that facilitated suburbanization; legislation and practices that affect housing; redlining; the development of Levittown; the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1965; and white flight. Her lecture is followed by Nobel Wray's presentation on implicit bias and policing.

The second DVD (b) continues with Nobel Wray's lecture on implicit bias. Topics covered in this portion of his presentation include definitions of bias; explicit vs. implicit bias; ways to reduce implicit bias. The second portion of the recording features a panel discussion on diversity and policing moderated by Frank DelVecchio. The panelists include Gurbir Grewal, Michael Saudino, Rev. Gregory Jackson, and Councilwoman Dana Martinotti. Topics discussed include the impact of diversity on policing in suburbia; the impact of diversity as it relates to schools and law enforcement; the ways that diversity has impacted policing at the local level; how the "Ferguson effect" might have impacted policing in Bergen County; the impact of racial difference on police, community, and school relations; whether there should be changes in how police officers are trained; equipment that police departments use such as body cameras.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: October 5, 2016
• Produced by: Bergen Community College, American, founded 1965
• Produced by: CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
• Subject of: Dr. Philip C. Dolce
• Subject of: William Corcoran, American
• Subject of: Frank Regino, American
• Subject of: James Tedesco, American
• Subject of: Prof. Maureen Ellis Davis, American
• Subject of: Noble Wray, American, born 1960
• Type: sound films
• Type: color films (visual works)
• Type: DVDs
• Medium: aluminum and polycarbonate
• Dimensions: Diameter (a): 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 48 min., 9 sec.
• Dimensions: Diameter (b): 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 57 min., 44 sec.
• Dimensions: Diameter (c): 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
• Dimensions: Duration: 49 min., 8 sec.
• Place filmed: Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Police brutality
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: United States History
• Object number: 2022.90.3.1abc
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture,Gift of Dr. Philip Dolce on behalf of Bergen Community College
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Bergen Community College Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.