Making All Black Lives Matter
Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:7th Sep '18
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This book examines the origins and future of Black Lives Matter, detailing its roots in historical activism and the challenges it faces today.
In the aftermath of the tragic murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and the subsequent exoneration of his killer, three black women activists initiated a powerful hashtag and social media platform that would evolve into the Black Lives Matter movement. The book Making All Black Lives Matter provides a comprehensive overview of this significant movement, examining its origins and the potential directions it may take in the future. It highlights how this movement is not just a response to a single event but is rooted in a long history of activism against systemic injustices.
Making All Black Lives Matter delves into the foundational elements of the movement, tracing its connections to various historical struggles, including prison abolition and anti-police violence. The author, Barbara Ransby, conducts in-depth interviews with key organizers and activists, offering readers an inside look at the motivations and aspirations that drive this influential movement. The book also addresses the challenges faced by the movement in an ever-evolving political landscape.
Through a careful analysis of media coverage and grassroots mobilization, Making All Black Lives Matter presents a nuanced understanding of the movement's impact on contemporary society. It serves as both a historical account and a critical examination of where the movement stands today and where it might head in the future, making it an essential read for anyone interested in social justice and activism.
“This perceptive resource on radical black liberation movements in the 21st century can inform anyone wanting to better understand . . . how to make social change.” * Publishers Weekly *
"In a political moment where Black liberatory work rarely includes time for archiving, reflection, and record-keeping, Making All Black Lives Matter is a critical contribution. . . . Essentially, where mainstream narratives proclaim that movements and protests simply erupt erratically from anger, pure emotion, and vengeance, Ransby is a balm. She shows how every mass-led struggle sits atop the labor, sacrifices, and investments of many organizers who will never be seen, named, or rewarded for their contributions." * Black Perspectives *
“An accessible analysis of contemporary American racial-justice organizing...This perceptive resource on radical black liberation movements in the 21st century can inform anyone wanting to better understand why these movements sprang up or how to make social change.” * Publishers Weekly *
“As accessible as it is urgent and necessary. Ransby’s eyewitness account of the players and the events that built the Black Lives Matter movement spring to life with an immediacy and familiarity that provides rich color and feeling to what might have been, in other hands, a bloodless march through recent history.” * The Washington Post *
“As much a movement biography (or autobiography) as a history. Ransby was there, in the ranks of the leadership, and tells the story with the urgency and passion we might expect from a participant.” * In These Times *
“When Ransby writes, ‘We look to the new generation of organizers, dreamers, visionaries, and freedom fighters to forge out of this current state of emergency, this current bleak moment, a new path, for Black people, for all people, and for the planet,’ one feels that she is speaking not just to the amazing constellation of individuals profiled in her book, but to her readers, too.” * Rethinking Schools *
"Deserves a place in the personal libraries of all those interested in learning more about U.S. history and liberation movements as well as in every public library." * RGWS: A Feminist Review *
ISBN: 9780520292703
Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 20mm
Weight: 408g
240 pages