From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

While there has been much attention paid to issues of police violence and the rise of #BlackLivesMatter, most coverage does not address the disinvestment in black communities, which plays a role in what happens day in and day out. Taylor provides an exceptional overview of the history of government......more

My desire to read this grew out of a disconcerting feeling that I didn’t truly know what was going on. For a man of color I was, and remain, albeit a little less after reading this book, woefully unaware of the conditions that gave rise to the systematic disenfranchisement of Black people and minori......more

Un destello de libertad de keeanga-yamahtta taylor editado por tintalimón. [" Tres temas centrales en la historia estadounidense: el genocidio, la esclavitud y la explicación masiva de trabajadores inmigrantes" Ta-nehisi coates]. [Qué tenemos en esta ciudad?. Negros en puestos altos, caras negras en p......more

If it’s not too big a contradiction, this superb book is one long, erudite, closely argued holler. It takes an unflinching look at race in the United States, covering the history of racism, the Civil Rights Movement, Black leadership, police brutality, the school-to-prison pipeline, the disappointme......more

As a history book, this was awesome. There was a broad overview of Black political struggle in the US, discussing grassroots movements and the attempts to incorporate Black people into mainstream politics. I've always known Obama is a war criminal and deporter-in-chief-wall-street-bailer-outer, but......more