{"product_id":"making-all-black-lives-matter-reimagining-freedom-in-the-twenty-first-century-volume-6-9780520292710","title":"Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Volume 6","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A powerful -- and personal -- account of the movement and its players.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This perceptive resource on radical black liberation movements in the 21st century can inform anyone wanting to better understand . . . how to make social change.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The breadth and impact of Black Lives Matter in the United States has been extraordinary. Between 2012 and 2016, thousands of people marched, rallied, held vigils, and engaged in direct actions to protest and draw attention to state and vigilante violence against Black people. What began as outrage over the 2012 murder of Trayvon Martin and the exoneration of his killer, and accelerated during the Ferguson uprising of 2014, has evolved into a resurgent Black Freedom Movement, which includes a network of more than fifty organizations working together under the rubric of the Movement for Black Lives coalition. Employing a range of creative tactics and embracing group-centered leadership models, these visionary young organizers, many of them women, and many of them queer, are not only calling for an end to police violence, but demanding racial justice, gender justice, and systemic change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMaking All Black Lives Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning historian and longtime activist Barbara Ransby outlines the scope and genealogy of this movement, documenting its roots in Black feminist politics and situating it squarely in a Black radical tradition, one that is anticapitalist, internationalist, and focused on some of the most marginalized members of the Black community. From the perspective of a participant-observer, Ransby maps the movement, profiles many of its lesser-known leaders, measures its impact, outlines its challenges, and looks toward its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Ransby\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian, author, and longtime activist. She is the author of the acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eElla Baker and the Black Freedom Movement\u003c\/i\u003e. Ransby was one of the founders of African American Women in Defense of Ourselves in 1991 and the Black Radical Congress in 1998. She is the editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eSouls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, and Professor and Director of the Social Justice Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisit barbararansby.com for tour dates and speaking engagements.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514221662482,"sku":"9780520292710","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4beb74d5-ab36-4f3e-8a60-7b72e3733233.jpg?v=1730976112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/making-all-black-lives-matter-reimagining-freedom-in-the-twenty-first-century-volume-6-9780520292710","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}