When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

ISBN-13: 9781786893055 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str.

asha bandele

Opis

Following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, three women - Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Khan-Cullors - came together to form an active response to the systemic racism causing the deaths of so many African-Americans. They simply said: Black Lives Matter; and for that, they were labelled terrorists. In this empowering account of survival, strength and resilience, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and award-winning author and journalist asha bandele recount the personal story that led Patrisse to become a founder of Black Lives Matter, seeking to end the culture that declares Black life expendable. Like the era-defining movement she helped create, this rallying cry demands you do not look away. With foreword by Angela Davis.

Recenzje

A lyrical demand for justice that has become increasingly resonant . . . incredible . . . this book is proof that change can come through the individual Stylist

O autorze

Khan-Cullors, Patrisse Patrisse Khan-Cullors is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Cofounder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, popular public speaker, and an NAACP History Maker. bandele, asha Asha Bandele, author of the best-selling memoir, The Prisoner's Wife, has been honoured for her work in journalism, fiction, poetry and activism. A mother and a former senior editor at Essence magazine, asha serves as a senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance.