From #BlackLivesMatter to Black LiberationThe eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists. In this stirring and insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for Black liberation. |
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User Review - JanesList - LibraryThingAn excellent, if dense, look into where Black Lives Matter came from and where it might be going. A lot of history I should have known already, and some well put ideas. I could see the parts that were ... Read full review
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Contents
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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 |
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| Title | From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation |
| Author | Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor |
| Publisher | Haymarket Books, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1608465632, 9781608465637 |
| Length | 300 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Civil Rights Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Social Science / Minority Studies Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
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