#SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence
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Type
Book
ISBN 10
1642594520
ISBN 13
9781642594522
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2023
Publisher
Pages
322
Subject
African American women—Violence against| African American women—Crimes against | Minority women—Violence against—United States | Minority women—Crimes against—United States | Police brutality—United States—History—21st century
Description
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. This volume 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 story of Black feminist practice, community-building, enablement, and Black feminist reckoning.
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Simone de Beauvoir Institute Library | 100002547 | HV6250.4.W65S29 2023 | 1 | Yes |