a black lives matter memoir
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Khan-Cullors, Patrisse
- Creator
- Bandele, Asha
- Contributor
- Davis, Angela
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- VS 8 2017 - B
- Thesaurus
- geweld, racisme, criminaliteit, zwarte vrouwenbewegingen, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- In response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of African-American high school student Trayvon Martin in 2013, three women founded Black Lives Matter: Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Khan-Cullors. In this book Patrisse Khan-Cullors and journalist Asha Bandele tell the story which led Patrisse to become a co-founder of the movement Black Lives Matter. With a foreword by feminist writer and activist Angela Davis.