Joshua Clark Davis

Wrote a preview of my book. 60 years ago today, the March on Washington captured America's attention--including the attention of police spies from NYC, Chicago, Birmingham + Philly. Histories of the March should mention this surveillance. slate.com/news-and-polit…

'In this excerpt from Joshua Clark Davis's new book Police Against The Movement, the author explains how "local law enforcement and their allies perpetrated a far-reaching erasure of history".' Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records teenvogue.com/story/police-d… | @TeenVogue

People usually associate law enforcement repression of black activism w/ the naked brutality of Birmingham or the Panthers vs the FBI. That's not the whole story. I reviewed a new book about local police surveillance of the civil rights movement for @newrepublic 's new issue:

If you'd like to read more about this very point—how police veto elected officials' decisions—I've written a whole book on the topic, called Blue Power! It's now available for preorder from @BasicBooks, 20% discount with the code BLUE20. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuart-…

My new Intercept piece on the NYPD’s targeting of MLK is up today, with never-before-published police surveillance photos of King.

After J. Edgar Hoover cast the civil rights leader as a “liar,” NYPD’s spy unit heeded the call. interc.pt/4pCLk9a

@stschrader1 @TheWordIsChange Ah thank you dude—that was a blast!

It was awesome to see a packed house at @TheWordIsChange for the release of Police Against the Movement by @JoshClarkDavis. This book is incredible! press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

I'll be in Brooklyn to discuss POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT with Chenjerai Kumanyika this Thursday, 11/06 at The Word is Change!

Politics & Prose Bookstore (5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW) Saturday, October 18 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm First come, first seated @joshuaclarkdavis @politicsprose

In a @TeenVogue excerpt from POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT from @PrincetonUPress , @JoshClarkDavis reveals how police departments illegally spied on civil rights activists and then burned the records. teenvogue.com/story/police-d…

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Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT about how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones likely on MLK’s assassination.

Today, I spoke w @JoshClarkDavis about his new book, Police Against the Movement. In it, Joshua recounts how local police departments infiltrated, surveilled, and sabotaged civil rights orgs, how those orgs fought back, and what it means for modern police reform movements

Pre-order from @PrincetonUPress: t.ly/p3Wym

My book, POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, comes out 10/7 and I'm going on a book tour! 10/07, SF: City Lights 10/09, LA: Skylight 10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's 10/18, DC: Politics & Prose 11/06, NYC: The Word Is Change 12/02, Baltimore: Enoch Pratt 12/04, Atlanta: A Cappella

I had the pleasure of meeting @realmattnadel a couple months ago. In this moving op-doc for the @nytimes, he discusses making videos for prisoners in New York who are seeking clemency from @GovKathyHochul, who has not kept her promise to overhaul clemency. nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opi…

@stschrader1 I’m really glad you’re enjoying it! Your feedback on multiple chapters was seriously helpful.

Today’s beach read: Police Against the Movement, by @JoshClarkDavis. It is SO good! Out in October.

🎙️ 5 Years Since George Floyd Looking back at five years of community and abolitionist organizing since the police killing of George Floyd Featuring @avitale, Chauntyll Allen (BLM- Twin Cities) and @DocMellyMel (@blmgrassroots x @BLMLA) open.spotify.com/episode/6dYJ0o…

George Floyd was murdered by police five years ago today. The Say Their Names cemetery in Minneapolis features memorials for Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Korryn Gaines, Freddie Gray and far too many more Black people who died at the hands of police.