From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

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Haymarket Books, Feb 23, 2016 - Political Science - 300 pages
An indispensable contribution to the movement for racial justice in “postracial” America.
 

Contents

Black Awakening in Obamas America
1
A Culture of Racism
21
From Civil Rights to Colorblind
51
Black Faces in High Places
75
The Double Standard of Justice
107
Barack Obama The End of an Illusion
135
Black Lives Matter A Movement Not a Moment
153
From BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
191
Acknowledgments
221
Notes
225
Index
257
About Haymarket Books
275
Also available from Haymarket Books
276
Back Cover
277
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, Jacobin, New Politics, the Guardian, In These Times, Black Agenda Report, Ms., International Socialist Review, Al Jazeera America, and other publications. Taylor is assistant professor in the department of African American Studies at Princeton University.

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