| Variant title |
From hashtag Black Lives Matter to Black liberation |
| Variant title |
From Black Lives Matter to Black liberation |
| Contents |
Introduction : Black awakening in Obama's America -- A culture of racism -- From civil rights to colorblind -- Black faces in high places -- The double standard of justice -- Barack Obama : the end of an illusion -- Black Lives Matter : a movement, not a moment -- From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation. |
| Abstract |
"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."--Publisher information. |
| Abstract |
"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 is 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."-- provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-256) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016417645 |
| ISBN | 9781608465620 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1608465624 (pbk.) |
