The Making of Black Lives Matter

A Brief History of an Idea

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government
Cover of the book The Making of Black Lives Matter by Christopher J. Lebron, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Christopher J. Lebron ISBN: 9780190601362
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: May 1, 2017
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Christopher J. Lebron
ISBN: 9780190601362
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: May 1, 2017
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in the United States. The movement is only a few years old, but as Christopher J. Lebron argues in this book, the sentiment behind it is not; the plea and demand that "Black Lives Matter" comes out of a much older and richer tradition arguing for the equal dignity - and not just equal rights - of black people. The Making of Black Lives Matter presents a condensed and accessible intellectual history that traces the genesis of the ideas that have built into the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Drawing on the work of revolutionary black public intellectuals, including Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, Anna Julia Cooper, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and Martin Luther King Jr., Lebron clarifies what it means to assert that "Black Lives Matter" when faced with contemporary instances of anti-black law enforcement. He also illuminates the crucial difference between the problem signaled by the social media hashtag and how we think that we ought to address the problem. As Lebron states, police body cameras, or even the exhortation for civil rights mean nothing in the absence of equality and dignity. To upset dominant practices of abuse, oppression and disregard, we must reach instead for radical sensibility. Radical sensibility requires that we become cognizant of the history of black thought and activism in order to make sense of the emotions, demands, and argument of present-day activists and public thinkers. Only in this way can we truly embrace and pursue the idea of racial progress in America.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in the United States. The movement is only a few years old, but as Christopher J. Lebron argues in this book, the sentiment behind it is not; the plea and demand that "Black Lives Matter" comes out of a much older and richer tradition arguing for the equal dignity - and not just equal rights - of black people. The Making of Black Lives Matter presents a condensed and accessible intellectual history that traces the genesis of the ideas that have built into the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Drawing on the work of revolutionary black public intellectuals, including Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, Anna Julia Cooper, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and Martin Luther King Jr., Lebron clarifies what it means to assert that "Black Lives Matter" when faced with contemporary instances of anti-black law enforcement. He also illuminates the crucial difference between the problem signaled by the social media hashtag and how we think that we ought to address the problem. As Lebron states, police body cameras, or even the exhortation for civil rights mean nothing in the absence of equality and dignity. To upset dominant practices of abuse, oppression and disregard, we must reach instead for radical sensibility. Radical sensibility requires that we become cognizant of the history of black thought and activism in order to make sense of the emotions, demands, and argument of present-day activists and public thinkers. Only in this way can we truly embrace and pursue the idea of racial progress in America.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Equilibrium Models in Economics by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Religion and the Marketplace in the United States by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Food and Agriculture: What Everyone Needs to Know by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book The Fundamental Wisdom Of The Middle Way : Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Beyond Origins by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book The First Brain by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Projections of Memory by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Rational Belief by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book How Languages are Learned 4th edition by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Policy and Politics in Global Primary English by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book The Legal Language of Scottish Burghs by Christopher J. Lebron
Cover of the book Dillinger's Wild Ride by Christopher J. Lebron
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy