Barbara Ransby

Making All Black Lives Matter

Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Volume 6

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the wake of the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 and the exoneration of his killer, three black women activists launched a hashtag and social media platform, Black Lives Matter, which would become the rubric for a larger movement. This book offers an overview of Black Lives Matter and explores the possible future of the movement.

Produktdetails

• American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present
• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9780520292710
• ISBN-10: 0520292715
• Artikelnr.: 44789163

Autorenporträt

Barbara Ransby is a historian, author, and longtime activist. She is the author of the acclaimed biography Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement . Ransby was one of the founders of African American Women in Defense of Ourselves in 1991 and the Black Radical Congress in 1998. She is the editor of the journal Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, and Professor and Director of the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Visit barbararansby.com for tour dates and speaking engagements.