Politics
The president who won the 2016 election
Donald Trump
The amendment that abolished slavery while establishing prison labor constitutional
13th amendment
The drug heavily criminalized within the black community and its less criminalized counterpart.
Crack and cocaine
The predetermined sentence for prisoners for certain crimes
Mandatory minimums
The movement created after the murder of Trayvon Martin and acquittal of George Zimmerman
Black Lives Matter
The democratic counterpart in the 2016 election
Hillary Clinton
The network of government and private agencies involved in the construction and operation of prison facilities
The Prison-Industrial Complex
The movement against narcotic use started by the government in the 1970s by President Nixon
War on Drugs
The law that says after three violent or serious felony offenses you get extended prison sentences
Three strikes and You're Out law
The young man who was held at Rikers without trial for 3 years for allegedly stealing a backpack
Kalief Browder
The 3 Presidents primarily featured in 13th due to their role in mass incarceration and criminalization of the black community, in chronological order.
Nixon, Reagan, Clinton
As of 2010, the ratio or percentage of black men in America who have served time in federal prison.
1/3 or 33%
The president that started the War on Drugs
Richard Nixon
The conservative lobbying group that drafts and shares model legislation for state governments within the US
ALEC
The case of 5 young black men in NYC who were falsely accused of assaulting a women and coerced into admitting to the crime
The Central Park Five
The term used in the 90s by conservative politicians to criminalize and create fear of young black men
Super-predators
The private company which has a contract with the US government to own and manage prisons featured in "13th"
CCA, now know as CoreCivic
The mandatory minimum for a first offense possession of crack
5 years
The law that allows police officers to search people on suspicion alone
The victim of police brutality in 1990s Los Angeles that caused mass outrage after the attack was captured on video
Rodney King
The rappers who created the hit protest song: "FDT" or F Donald Trump
YG and Nipsey Hussle
The percentage of people who take plea bargains instead of going to trial
97%
The two drugs and communities that Nixon adviser Jon Ehrlichman claimed the War on Drugs created meant to criminalize
Crack/blacks and marijuana/hippies
The law passed by Obama that reduced the statutory penalties for crack in 2010
The Fair Sentencing Act
The 12 year old boy who was murdered by a Cleveland police officer after playing with a toy gun
Tamir Rice