We refuse to be silent : women's voices on justice for Black men / edited by Angela P. Dodson.
| Other author | Dodson, Angela P., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Minneapolis, MN : Broadleaf Books, [2024] |
| Description | xi, 350 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Women's voices on justice for Black men |
| Contents | Introduction -- Section one : Emotions -- Part I : Troubled minds : fearing and being feared -- On Facebook, May 25, 2021 / Darnella Frazier -- The Trayvon generation : for Solo, Simon, Robel, Maurice, Cameron, and Sekou / Elizabeth Alexander -- Mother's day is a different kind of joy for Black moms in America / Dartinia Hull -- Yet, we continue to march together / Michelle Duster -- When George Floyd called for his mama, I felt pain : because I'm someone's mama / Vanessa Magic -- Never free / Betty Winston Bay̌ -- He called for his mother / Lottie L. Joiner -- The lives of our Black men matter / Lynn Norment -- George Floyd : "can we live?" : the daughter of civil rights activists on the question that's haunted her for decades / Tananarive Due -- The more things change / Rosemary Bray Mcnatt -- That lump in the throat that never goes away / Anita M. Samuels -- The killing of Black men and boys by police and other Black men needs to stop / Jenice Armstrong -- Part II : Special circumstances -- "I'm just different" : disabled at high risk of harm by police / Angela P. Dodson -- Always "the other" : young Black men on the spectrum / Geri Coleman Tucker -- Mental illness while being Black : a mother's reflection on the death of her son / Iyunolu (Iyun) Osagie, PhD -- Part III : The Black bogeyman : media and stereotypes -- Mike Brown's shooting and Jim Crow lynchings have too much in common. It's time for America to own up / Isabel Wilkerson -- Let's go to the videotape! / Audrey Edwarads -- "Hope it's not a Black man" : racialized TV news and the "dangerous Black male" stereotype / Sharon Bramlett-Solomon -- Motherhood, my two Black sons and media / Gina Gayle -- Reflecting on Trayvon Martin's death in a post-Newton America / Rahiel Tesfamariam -- Too close for comfort / Charisse Jones -- Part IV : Close encounters : stops, arrests, and death -- Stop and frisk / Ingrid Sturgis -- Breathing while Black / Yanick Rice Lamb -- "Thingifying" Black people / Patrice Gaines -- "I can't breathe" / Sharon Leslie Morgan -- Cousin Ray / Sonya Ross -- Two Tonys : Black men and prison / Jackie Jones -- A mother of suns / Donna Hill -- The content of our character / Nicole Major -- Section two : Activism -- Part V : The talk : training our sons -- Excerpted from a Black mother's survival guide for her teenage son / Meredith walker as told to Alysia Santo -- After Jacob Blake and Kenosha, what good is the talk? Do words even matter? / Donna Brazile -- Let's talk / Sandra Dawson Long Weaver -- Part VI : Educating our sons -- Saving our sons : reflections of my journey / Dr. Brenda M. Greene -- Education as activism / Nicole Bailey-Williams -- Private schools, Black boys, and racism : an unjust choice / Sheila Dean Brooks, PhD -- Part VII : Race, Privilege and Justice -- Why they kill us / Gloria J. Browne-Marshall -- No justice, no peace : after Rodney King / Gayle Pollard-Terry -- What chance did Trayvon Martin, the 'suspect,' have in court? / Mary C. Curtis -- Yes, it is about race / Lisa Bloom -- Derek Chauvin's guilty and so is the whole damn system / Goldie Taylor -- The emerging movement for police and prison abolition / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor -- Part VIII : Healing and moving forward -- George Floyd called for his mama. We need to answer / Amber Perry Rainey -- Add another name to the roster of thoughts and prayers (the urgency/futility/fulfillment) / Dorothy Marie Rice -- The traceable roots of police brutality in Black communities and how we feel / Dr. Brenda Wade -- My brother was killed by the police. Now I ask, who does George Floyd belong to? / Donna Britt -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Permissions. |
| Abstract | "A powerful and needed collection of essays by accomplished women writers on violence and injustice toward Black men. The catalyst for a national conversation, this book shines a new light on the dangers Black men face daily, and the emotional toll anti-Black violence takes on the women who love them, casting a vision for future activism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Collection of essays by Elizabeth Alexander and 43 others. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-347). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: We refuse to be silent Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2024] 9781506491127 |
| LCCN | 2023032508 |
| ISBN | 9781506491110 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1506491111 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| Standard identifier# | 40032267354 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Ronnie Barnes African American Collection | E185.86 .W4335 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |