Making All Black Lives Matter
Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century

4.5 stars. Love this book. Easy to read, really so fun to recognize the names of comrades and friends throughout the pages. I attended some of the events mentioned. I came into organizing right before Ferguson, so this was really kind of like? A nice reflection of sorts. I think people who are engag......more

This is an important and inspiring insider's account of the Black queer feminist roots of the BLM movement, but I found some parts of the book hard to follow, especially the first couple chapters, because they felt like laundry lists of the many individuals and organizations involved in the movement......more

Barabara Ransby is among the best social movement historians. Her biography of Ella Baker is a must-read. It is an incredible gift for her to take those skills and passions and share an analysis and narrative of present time and a movement in which she is deeply involved herself. Her ability to hono......more

It's a fact-heavy book, but that characteristic is not unwarranted. Ransby carefully and deeply outlines the history of the BLM movement, specifically the individuals (notably black women) that helped shape the movement. It's informative but also thought-provoking.......more

This slim and focused volume provides an excellent overview to the recent history of Black liberation politics and activism through the work of the Black Lives Matter movement. Ransby is an accomplished historian of Civil Rights activist Ella Baker, and her own activist work gives her historical ana......more