Description
While much focus has been placed on Black Lives Matter activism in response to police and civilian murders of Black men and women, the contributors argue that Black activism in this era has addressed a broader range of issues in a wide array of settings, both on the street and inside institutions and communities. This Era of Black Activism includes chapters on this era of Black activism from 2000-2022. It describes how previous activism has influenced this generation, while showing innovations in political approaches, leadership and organizational formations, and the use of social and other media for movement purposes. Topics include the innovations of #BlackLives Matter as a movement; the Florida activist group Dream Defenders; policing and discrepancies in reporting on Ferguson; the role of citizen cameras in Black activism; social media for Black community coping and well-being; BIPOC Gay Power activism vs. Gay Pride; academic activism by Black and White professors; corporate responses to #BLM; #MeToo and healing within the Black community; Black health activism and the Covid pandemic; and bridging activism and policy for a new social contract. It also offers an additional bibliography on Black activism for environmental justice, athlete anti-racist activism, and the role of the Black Church in this era.
Author: Mary Marcel
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 10/15/2023
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781666940640
ISBN10: 166694064X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Discrimination
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Minority Studies