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Black Lives Matter at School

Author : Denisha Jones,Jesse Hagopian
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781642595307

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Black Lives Matter at School by Denisha Jones,Jesse Hagopian Pdf

This inspiring collection of accounts from educators and students is “an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system” (Ibram X. Kendi). Since 2016, the Black Lives Matter at School movement has carved a new path for racial justice in education. A growing coalition of educators, students, parents and others have established an annual week of action during the first week of February. This anthology shares vital lessons that have been learned through this important work. In this volume, Bettina Love makes a powerful case for abolitionist teaching, Brian Jones looks at the historical context of the ongoing struggle for racial justice in education, and prominent teacher union leaders discuss the importance of anti-racism in their unions. Black Lives Matter at School includes essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from participants across the country who have been building the movement on the ground.

What Is Black Lives Matter?

Author : Lakita Wilson,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593385890

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What Is Black Lives Matter? by Lakita Wilson,Who HQ Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling series comes the latest title in the Who HQ Now format for trending topics. It tells the history of a political and social movement that advocates for non-violent civil disobedience and protests against incidents of police brutality--and all racially motivated violence--against Black people. When a Black teenager named Trayvon Martin was senselessly killed in 2012, the African American community called for his murderer to be held accountable. But like many other racially sparked incidents in the past, his killer walked free. People looked for justice and healing in the moment. They turned to social media and a simple yet powerful hashtag emerged, #BlackLivesMatter. The message grew into an international movement and has now become the rallying cry during protests against police brutality and racial acts of violence. The movement gained even more attention and support in 2020 when it called for police reform in the United States after the police-related murder of George Floyd.

The Matter of Black Lives

Author : Jelani Cobb,David Remnick
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780063017610

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The Matter of Black Lives by Jelani Cobb,David Remnick Pdf

A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani Cobb This anthology from the pages of the New Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and artistic inspiration. It reaches back across a century, with Rebecca West’s classic account of a 1947 lynching trial and James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind” (which later formed the basis of The Fire Next Time), and yet it also explores our current moment, from the classroom to the prison cell and the upheavals of what Jelani Cobb calls “the American Spring.” Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir, and criticism from writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Elizabeth Alexander, Hilton Als, Vinson Cunningham, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Malcolm Gladwell, Jamaica Kincaid, Kelefa Sanneh, Doreen St. Félix, and others, the collection offers startling insights about this country’s relationship with race. The Matter of Black Lives reveals the weight of a singular history, and challenges us to envision the future anew.

The Purpose of Power

Author : Alicia Garza
Publisher : One World
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780525509691

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The Purpose of Power by Alicia Garza Pdf

An essential guide to building transformative movements to address the challenges of our time, from one of the country’s leading organizers and a co-creator of Black Lives Matter “Excellent and provocative . . . a gateway [to] urgent debates.”—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Time • Marie Claire • Kirkus Reviews In 2013, Alicia Garza wrote what she called “a love letter to Black people” on Facebook, in the aftermath of the acquittal of the man who murdered seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin. Garza wrote: Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter. With the speed and networking capacities of social media, #BlackLivesMatter became the hashtag heard ’round the world. But Garza knew even then that hashtags don’t start movements—people do. Long before #BlackLivesMatter became a rallying cry for this generation, Garza had spent the better part of two decades learning and unlearning some hard lessons about organizing. The lessons she offers are different from the “rules for radicals” that animated earlier generations of activists, and diverge from the charismatic, patriarchal model of the American civil rights movement. She reflects instead on how making room amongst the woke for those who are still awakening can inspire and activate more people to fight for the world we all deserve. This is the story of one woman’s lessons through years of bringing people together to create change. Most of all, it is a new paradigm for change for a new generation of changemakers, from the mind and heart behind one of the most important movements of our time.

Why Black Lives Matter (Too)

Author : Mary Canty Merrill Ph.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781524601195

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Why Black Lives Matter (Too) by Mary Canty Merrill Ph.D. Pdf

The Black Lives Matter movement evolved as a protest against police brutality against unarmed black men. This book extends beyond police brutality to revolutionize the national conversation about racial injustice and inequality and advocate for freedom and justice for all black Americans. We are the voices for equality. Recognizing that the fight for social justice and equality is bigger than any one person and that there is room for diverse talents and expertise of anyone who is committed to freedom, this multicontributor anthology addresses a range of hot-button issues and racial disparities that disproportionately impact the black community. This is a call to action that will challenge you to confront your long-held values and beliefs about black lives and confront your own white privilege and fragility as you examine racial justice and equality in a revolutionary way.

BLM

Author : Mike Gonzalez
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781641772242

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BLM by Mike Gonzalez Pdf

The George Floyd riots that have precipitated great changes throughout American society were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly rise up in righteous anger, take to the streets, and demand not just that police departments be defunded but that all the structures, institutions, and systems of the United States—all supposedly racist—be overhauled. The 12,000 or so demonstrations and 633 related riots that followed Floyd’s death took organizational muscle. The movement’s grip on institutions from the classroom to the ballpark required ideological commitment. That muscle and commitment were provided by the various Black Lives Matter organizations. This book examines who the BLM leaders are, delving into their backgrounds and exposing their agendas—something the media has so far refused to do. These people are shown to be avowed Marxists who say they want to dismantle our way of life. Along with their fellow activists, they make savvy use of social media to spread their message and organize marches, sit-ins, statue tumblings, and riots. In 2020 they seized upon the video showing George Floyd’s suffering as a pretext to unleash a nationwide insurgency. Certainly, no person of good will could object to the proposition that “black lives matter” as much as any other human life. But Americans need to understand how their laudable moral concern is being exploited for purposes that a great many of them would not approve.

Black Lives Matter and Music

Author : Fernando Orejuela,Stephanie Shonekan
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253038432

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Black Lives Matter and Music by Fernando Orejuela,Stephanie Shonekan Pdf

Music has always been integral to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, with songs such as Kendrick Lamar’s "Alright," J. Cole’s "Be Free," D’Angelo and the Vanguard's "The Charade," The Game’s "Don’t Shoot," Janelle Monae’s "Hell You Talmbout," Usher’s "Chains," and many others serving as unofficial anthems and soundtracks for members and allies of the movement. In this collection of critical studies, contributors draw from ethnographic research and personal encounters to illustrate how scholarly research of, approaches to, and teaching about the role of music in the Black Lives Matter movement can contribute to public awareness of the social, economic, political, scientific, and other forms of injustices in our society. Each chapter in Black Lives Matter and Music focuses on a particular case study, with the goal to inspire and facilitate productive dialogues among scholars, students, and the communities we study. From nuanced snapshots of how African American musical genres have flourished in different cities and the role of these genres in local activism, to explorations of musical pedagogy on the American college campus, readers will be challenged to think of how activism and social justice work might appear in American higher education and in academic research. Black Lives Matter and Music provokes us to examine how we teach, how we conduct research, and ultimately, how we should think about the ways that black struggle, liberation, and identity have evolved in the United States and around the world.

My Black Life Matters

Author : Michael A Brown
Publisher : Mabma Enterprises, LLC
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1735604194

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My Black Life Matters by Michael A Brown Pdf

Join the movement as four Black kids travel through their various life struggles in the inner city searching to answer the question if Black Lives Matter. Destined to make their voices heard, will they ever find the answer to their questions? Will others recognize their life matters? Will they make enemies? Will they remain friends? From home to school, from the police to the pool, join them as they declare, "My Black Life Matters!"

Little Black Lives Matter

Author : Khodi Dill
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781644211885

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Little Black Lives Matter by Khodi Dill Pdf

An inspiring, life-affirming debut activist board book in rhyming couplets and triplets about Black heroes for little ones, their families, and anyone who loves A is for Activist and Antiracist Baby. Little Black Lives Matter empowers all children, but Black children especially, by affirming that their lives, however little they may yet be, matter. Featuring fifteen great Black heroes of the past and the powerful words they spoke and actions they took, Little Black Lives Matter is a rhyming board book that incorporates memorable quotations and a reminder to little ones that each of these great people once lived a little Black life themselves. From Harriet Tubman and Malcolm X to other inspiring freedom fighters like Marsha P. Johnson, Fred Hampton, and Frederick Douglass, writers James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and Maya Angelou, musical artists Billie Holiday and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, athletes Wilma Rudolph, Jesse Owens, and Muhammad Ali, and Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., this little book encourages young readers to find their inner heroes and see their own self-worth and agency through the acts of great Black heroes who came before them. "let us look upon them and let us say their names, And let us hear the mighty words they spoke to bring us change. ... Audre Lorde lived a little Black life before she wrote to inspire --"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing"-- to remind us of our inner power, and to share her poetic fire. ... "So many who've lived these little black lives have mattered, so, you see, But you needn't change the world, my child, to mean the world to me.

Blackballed

Author : Lawrence Ross
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466891746

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Blackballed by Lawrence Ross Pdf

"College" is a word that means many things to many people: a space for knowledge, a place to gain lifelong friends, and an opportunity to transcend one's socioeconomic station. Today, though, this word also recalls a slew of headlines that have revealed a dark and persistent world of racial politics on campus. Does this association disturb our idealized visions of what happens behind the ivied walls of higher learning? It should-because campus racism on college campuses is as American as college football on Fall Saturdays. From Lawrence Ross, author of The Divine Nine and the leading expert on sororities and fraternities, Blackballed is an explosive and controversial book that rips the veil off America's hidden secret: America's colleges have fostered a racist environment that makes them a hostile space for African American students. Blackballed exposes the white fraternity and sorority system, with traditions of racist parties, songs, and assaults on black students; and the universities themselves, who name campus buildings after racist men and women. It also takes a deep dive into anti-affirmative action policies, and how they effectively segregate predominately white universities, providing ample room for white privilege. A bold mix of history and the current climate, Blackballed is a call to action for universities to make radical changes to their policies and standards to foster a better legacy for all students.

Black Matters

Author : Afua Cooper
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26T00:00:00Z
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781773632568

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Black Matters by Afua Cooper Pdf

Halifax’s former Poet Laureate Afua Cooper and photographer Wilfried Raussert collaborate in this book of poems and photographs focused on everyday Black experiences. The result is a jambalaya — a dialogue between image and text. Cooper translates Raussert’s photos into poetry, painting a profound image of what disembodied historical facts might look like when they are embodied in contemporary characters. This visual and textual conversation honours the multiple layers of Blackness in the African diaspora around North America and Europe. The result is a work that amplifies black beauty and offers audible resistance.

The Making Of Black Lives Matter

Author : Christopher J. Lebron,Lebron
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197577349

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The Making Of Black Lives Matter by Christopher J. Lebron,Lebron Pdf

"An introduction for the second edition of a book like The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea is a less straightforward thing than it might first seem. Typically, when an author revisits a book, some years later, their ruminations center on how they may have become clearer on the ideas in their book, taken into consideration critical corrections, or maybe, generally how their own thinking has matured thanks to the miracle of living a life. But as I sit here, towards the end of 2021, experiencing a late fall in which the leaves seem to refuse to quit the trees, I am reflecting in the midst of an entirely different set of considerations"--

Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter

Author : Christopher Cameron,Phillip Luke Sinitiere
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826502094

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Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter by Christopher Cameron,Phillip Luke Sinitiere Pdf

Black Lives Matter, like its predecessor movements, embodies flesh and blood through local organizing, national and global protests, hunger strikes, and numerous acts of civil disobedience. Chants like “All night! All day! We’re gonna fight for Freddie Gray!” and “No justice, no fear! Sandra Bland is marching here!” give voice simultaneously to the rage, truth, hope, and insurgency that sustain BLM. While BLM has generously welcomed a broad group of individuals whom religious institutions have historically resisted or rejected, contrary to general perceptions, religion neither has been absent nor excluded from the movement’s activities. This volume has a simple, but far-reaching argument: religion is an important thread in BLM. To advance this claim, Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter examines religion’s place in the movement through the lenses of history, politics, and culture. While this collection is not exhaustive or comprehensive in its coverage of religion and BLM, it selectively anthologizes unique aspects of Black religious history, thought, and culture in relation to political struggle in the contemporary era. The chapters aim to document historical change in light of current trends and current events. The contributors analyze religion and BLM in a current historical moment fraught with aggressive, fascist, authoritarian tendencies and one shaped by profound ingenuity, creativity, and insightful perspectives on Black history and culture.

Black Lives Matter

Author : Sue Bradford Edwards,Duchess Harris, JD, PhD
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781680771091

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Black Lives Matter by Sue Bradford Edwards,Duchess Harris, JD, PhD Pdf

Black Lives Matter covers the shootings that touched off passionate protests, the work of activists to bring about a more just legal system, and the tensions in US society that these events have brought to light. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Moving Against the System

Author : David Austin
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771133906

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Moving Against the System by David Austin Pdf

In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black radicals of the era. Against a backdrop of widespread racism in the West, and colonialism and imperialism in the “Third World,” this group of activists, writers, and political figures gathered to discuss the history and struggles of people of African descent and the meaning of Black Power. With never-before-seen texts from Stokely Carmichael, Walter Rodney, and C.L.R. James, Moving Against the System will prove invaluable to anyone interested in Black radical thought, as well as capturing a crucial moment of the political activity around 1968.