| From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation Contributor(s): Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608465624 ISBN-13: 9781608465620 Publisher: Haymarket Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |