Urban Homicide

Murder in the Deep South: Report of the Christian Committee on Murder in Richmond, Virginia

In this paper prepared for the School of Non-Violence at Civilian Public Service Camp No. 52, Bayard Rustin examines a report on homicide in Richmond, Virginia, highlighting the effects of segregated housing, unequal treatment under the law, and racial discrimination. He critiques the report’s proposed remedies as superficial, arguing that addressing urban violence requires confronting the structural inequalities that sustain poverty and segregation.