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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154292703321

Autore

Lowery Wesley <1990->

Titolo

They can't kill us all : Ferguson, Baltimore, and a new era in America's racial justice movement / / Wesley Lowery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Little Brown & Company, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-316-31250-9

0-316-50216-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages)

Disciplina

305.896073

Soggetti

Black lives matter movement

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"November 2016"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The story -- Ferguson: a city holds its breath -- Cleveland: coming home -- North Charleston: caught on camera -- Baltimore: life pre-indictment -- Charleston: Black death is Black death -- Ferguson, again: a year later, the protests continue -- Afterword: Three days in July.

Sommario/riassunto

A behind-the-scenes account of the #blacklivesmatter movement shares insights into the young men and women behind it, citing the racially charged controversies that have motivated members and the economic, political, and personal histories that inform its purpose.