From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

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"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 Bl...

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Main Author: Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (Author)
Corporate Contributor: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Obama, Barack > Influence.
Black lives matter movement.
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
Racism > United States > History > 21st century.
Racial profiling in law enforcement > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Social movements > United States > 21st century.
African Americans > Employment > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > 21st century.
Police brutality > United States.
Police misconduct > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
Post-racialism > United States.
Racism.
Social movements.
Black Lives Matter movement.
Genre/Form:Electronic books
Table of 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.

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