The making of Black lives matter : a brief history of an idea /

The making of Black lives matter : a brief history of an idea /

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"Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in the United States. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lebron, Christopher J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Black lives matter movement.
Social movements > United States > 21st century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 21st century.
Equality > United States.
Racism > United States.
HISTORY / African American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights.
Social movements.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Equality.
Race relations.
Racism.
United States > Race relations.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Naming the dead in the name of the living
  • American shame and real freedom
  • Cultural control against social control: the radical possibilities of the Harlem Renaissance
  • For our sons, daughters, and all concerned souls
  • Where is the love? The hope for America's redemption
  • The radical lessons we have not yet learned
  • Afterword: Nobody's protest essay.

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