America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for JusticeOne of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022, Kirkus Reviews "A righteous indictment of racism and misogyny."—Publishers Weekly A powerful account of violence against Black women and girls in the United States and their fight for liberation. Echoing the energy of Nina Simone's searing protest song that inspired the title, this book is a call to action in our collective journey toward just futures. America, Goddam explores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Through personal accounts and hard-hitting analysis, Black feminist historian Treva B. Lindsey starkly assesses the forms and legacies of violence against Black women and girls, as well as their demands for justice for themselves and their communities. Combining history, theory, and memoir, America, Goddam renders visible the gender dynamics of anti-Black violence. Black women and girls occupy a unique status of vulnerability to harm and death, while the circumstances and traumas of this violence go underreported and understudied. America, Goddam allows readers to understand
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Contents
Introduction Goddam Goddam Goddam | 1 |
Policing Is Violence | 32 |
2 | 56 |
The Criminal Punishment System | 70 |
Intracommunal Violence | 113 |
Dying in the Medical | 150 |
The Deadly Consequences of Poverty | 181 |
6 | 206 |
7 | 226 |
Acknowledgments | 243 |
Selected Bibliography | 301 |
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