{"product_id":"they-cant-kill-us-all-the-story-of-the-struggle-for-black-lives-9780316312493","title":"They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of the Struggle for Black Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn indispensable work of journalism that \"is electric, because it is so well reported\" (Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Wesley Lowery that describes the earliest days of #blacklivesmatter and brings to life the quest for justice in the murders by police of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray as well as an intimate, moving portrait of the activists working to dismantle systemic racism in America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conducting hundreds of interviews over the course of one year of reporting on the ground, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e writer Wesley Lowery traveled from Ferguson, Missouri, to Cleveland, Ohio; Charleston, South Carolina; and Baltimore, Maryland; and then back to Ferguson to uncover life inside the most heavily policed, if otherwise neglected, corners of America today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an effort to grasp the magnitude of the repose to Michael Brown's death and understand the scale of the problem police violence represents, Lowery speaks to Brown's family and the families of other victims other victims' families as well as local activists. By posing the question, \"What does the loss of any one life mean to the rest of the nation?\" Lowery examines the cumulative effect of decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with failing schools, crumbling infrastructure and too few jobs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Studded with moments of joy, and tragedy, \u003ci\u003eThey Can't Kill Us All\u003c\/i\u003e offers a historically informed look at the standoff between the police and those they are sworn to protect, showing that civil unrest is just one tool of resistance in the broader struggle for justice. As Lowery brings vividly to life, the protests against police killings are also about the black community's long history on the receiving end of perceived and actual acts of injustice and discrimination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey Can't Kill Us \u003c\/i\u003eAll is a canonical work in the fight against police brutality. Lowery grapples with a persistent if also largely unexamined aspect of the otherwise transformative presidency of Barack Obama: the failure to deliver tangible security and opportunity to those Americans most in need of both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWesley Lowery\u003c\/b\u003e is a national reporter for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e who covers law enforcement and justice. He was the paper's lead reporter in Ferguson, Missouri and covering the Black Lives Matter protest movement, and was a member of the team awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for the paper's coverage of police shootings. His reporting has previously appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565697569042,"sku":"9780316312493","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8fe9ff0-1f1f-4d81-b2a7-998fe6837d2b.jpg?v=1737239241","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/they-cant-kill-us-all-the-story-of-the-struggle-for-black-lives-9780316312493","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}