From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis.

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis.

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"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 the new struggle against police violence holds the potential to re...

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Main Author: Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (Author)
Contributors: Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2021]
Edition:Updated edition.
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 > History > 21st century.
African Americans > Employment > History.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Police brutality > United States.
Police misconduct > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
Post-racialism > United States.
Racial justice > United States.
Racism > United States > 21st century.
Social movements > United States > 21st century.
Black Lives Matter movement.
Racism.
Social movements.
United States > Race relations.
Genre/Form:Informational works
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
  • Where is the Black Lives Matter movement headed?

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