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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

By: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Narrated by: Mia Ellis
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The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists. 

In this stirring and insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and the persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for Black liberation. 

©2016 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (P)2016 Tantor Americas Black & African American Racism & Discrimination Social Classes & Economic Disparity Social Sciences Sociology United States Discrimination Social justice Crime Black power movement Socialism Law Equality Civil rights Social Movement Economic disparity Capitalism

Critic reviews

"From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation is a must read for everyone who is serious about the ongoing praxis of freedom." (Barbara Ransby, author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement)
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Not surprised this is an awarded book. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor does a fantastic research unpacking the historical aspects of institutional racism that builds US America. She points out to the contradictions of the Black movement and the potential towards our liberation. Mia Ellis brings light to the words with her intonation through the reading. I loved it. Every single word of it.

Importante book and excellent performance

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