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Product Identifiers
PublisherHaymarket Books
ISBN-101608465624
ISBN-139781608465620
eBay Product ID (ePID)211209764
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrom #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicDiscrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, Black Studies (Global)
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-417645
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal305.896073
Table Of Contenttable of contents Introduction: Ferguson is the Future A Culture of Racism From Kerner to Colorblind Black Faces in High Places Hope, Change and "I Can't Breathe" Black Liberation and the Struggle for Freedom in the 21st century
SynopsisAn indispensable contribution to the movement for racial justice in 'postracial' America. Winner of the 2016 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for an Especially Notable BookThe 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. 'Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's searching examination of the social, political and economic dimensions of the prevailing racial order offers important context for understanding the necessity of the emerging movement for black liberation.' --Michelle Alexander, Winner of the 2016 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for an Especially Notable Book "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's searching examination of the social, political and economic dimensions of the prevailing racial order offers important context for understanding the necessity of the emerging movement for black liberation." --Michelle Alexander The 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.