This multifaceted reference work surveys the history, development, leadership, and priorities of Black Lives Matter (BLM), including the group's efforts to raise public awareness of police violence in communities of color.
Beginning with the infamous incidents of police brutality that spurred the creation and growth of BLM, this book goes on to profile leading and influential activists and organizations, such as the NAACP, movement co-founder Alicia Garza, and civil rights activist and athlete Colin Kaepernick.
Readers will gain an understanding of important organizational priorities, as well as criticisms of and controversies surrounding the group. A broad range of personal essays explore the persistent problems of police violence and racial discrimination in America. Governmental data and excerpts of primary documents are also included, and an annotated bibliography of related books, news articles, reports, podcasts and more supports readers in conducting further research into BLM, police violence, and racism in American society.
Preface 1: Background and History The Question of Black Humanity Black Liberation Movements throughout American History Contentious Community-Police Relations Policing Blackness in the Contemporary Moment Framing the Politics of BLM The Role of Religion in Black Resistance Conclusion 2: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions BLM’s Organizational Structure Do All Black Lives Matter? BLM’s Intersectional Politics and Affiliate Movements BLM’s Ideological and Rhetorical Controversies Digital Movement = Digital Controversies “Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”: The Issue of Activist Burnout Solutions and Strategies for Progressive Change From Corporate to Community: The Political Economy of BLM Legal Changes and Policy Implications Conclusion 3: Perspectives A Response to Many Violences: Reframing the Call to #SayHerName, Melissa Brown At the Forefront: My Journey as a Youth Activist, Armonee Jackson “There is no capitalism without racism”: Racial Capitalism and the BLM Movement, Saadia Toor and Ali Mir When Black Disabled Lives Matter, Every Body and Mind Has Access To Freedom Dreams, Justine “Justice” Shorter Opaque Movements and Captured Leadership, Dana Francisco Miranda Whose Lives? Our Lives! Black Trans Lives Matter, Brayland Brown Global Movement, Local Dynamics: How the BLM Movement Has Influenced Protests Around the World, Saman Ayesha Kidwai and Daniel Odin Shaw Navigating State Surveillance as a Black Woman, April Goggans Struggling to Catch My Breath: The Day-to-Day Experience of a Scholar Activist, Shaneda Destine Social Roots: The Birth and Rise of Black Lives Matter, Jonathan M. Cox 4: Profiles African American Policy Forum Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) Black to the Future Action Fund Black Youth Project 100 Campaign Zero Jennifer E. Cobbina Color of Change Ben Crump Data for Black Lives Sybrina Fulton Alicia Garza Imara Jones?and TransLash Media Colin Kaepernick & Know Your Rights Patrisse?Khan-Cullors NAACP / NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Barbara?Ransby Kendrick Sampson & BLD PWR Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Opal Tometi #8toAbolition 5: Data and Documents Documents Department of Justice. “Justice Department Announces Findings of Two Civil Rights Investigations in Ferguson, Missouri.” Vanita Gupta. “Statement of Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, U.S. Senate Committee of the Judiciary Oversight Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community Relations, June 6, 2020.” Jada Steuart. “Black Lives Matter Protests in Trinidad & Tobago Spark Discussions About Race” Keisha N. Blain. “A Short History of Black Women and Police Violence” Kwasi Konadu and Bright Gyamfi. “Black Lives Matter: How Far has the Movement Come?” President Joseph R. Biden. “Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 55, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act” Data Social Media and Black Lives Matter Racial Trends in Perceptions of How Black People Are Treated in the US Support for Black Lives Matter by Race, Age, Education Level, and Political Affiliation Police Violence is Highly Racialized Racist Policing Outside of the United States The Consequences of Protest 6: Resources Books Academic Articles and Reports News Articles Documentaries Podcasts and Videos 7: Chronology Glossary About the Authors Index
Shaonta' Allen is Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and American American Studies at Dartmouth College, USA. Simone N. Durham is Faculty Lecturer of Sociology at Morgan State University and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Maryland College Park, USA Angela Jones is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, USA.
