Black lives have always mattered : a collection of essays, poems, and personal narratives /

BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED, A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, POEMS AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES, edited by Abiodun Oyewole, extends beyond the Black Lives Matter movement's primary agenda of police brutality to acknowledge that even when affronted with slavery, segregation and Jim Crow, racial injustic...

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Other Authors: Oyewole, Abiodun (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : 2 LeafPress, an imprint of the Intercultural Alliance of Artisis & Scholars, Inc. (IAAS), ©2017.
Series:2LP explorations in diversity
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