#Sayhername : Black women's stories of police violence and public silence / The African American Policy Forum ; coauthored by Kimberlé Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum ; foreword by Janelle Monáe.
"Fill the void. Lift your voice. Say Her Name. Black women, girls, and femmes as young as seven and as old as ninety-three have been killed by the police, though we rarely hear their names or learn their stories. Breonna Taylor, Alberta Spruill, Rekia Boyd, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, K...
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Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
Haymarket Books,
2023.
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Physical Description: | xii, 305 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm |
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Say her name
Hashtag say her name |
Format: | Book |
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"Fill the void. Lift your voice. Say Her Name. Black women, girls, and femmes as young as seven and as old as ninety-three have been killed by the police, though we rarely hear their names or learn their stories. Breonna Taylor, Alberta Spruill, Rekia Boyd, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, Kyam Livingston, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseaux, and Tanisha Anderson are among the many lives that should have been. #SayHerName provides an analytical framework for understanding Black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence, and it explains how--through Black feminist storytelling and ritual--we can effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice. Centering Black women's experiences in police violence and gender violence discourses sends the powerful message that, in fact, all Black lives matter and that the police cannot kill without consequence. This is a powerful story of Black feminist practice, community-building, enablement, and Black feminist reckoning."--Amazon.com. |
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Call Number: | HV8141 .C665 2023 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305). |
ISBN: | 9781642594522 1642594520 9781642594942 1642594946 |