Have Black lives ever mattered?

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Have Black lives ever mattered?

Statement of responsibility

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Creator

• Abu-Jamal, Mumia
• trueAbu-Jamal, Mumia, 1954-

Author

• Abu-Jamal, Mumia

Subject

• trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
• trueSociety and culture -- Race
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society
• LAW / Civil Rights
• truePolice misconduct
• trueViolence against African-Americans
• trueSocial movements
• trueRacism
• trueRacism -- United States
• trueRacism in the criminal justice system
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American | Civil rights
• trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions
• trueRace relations
• trueUnited States -- Race relations
• trueCriminal justice system
• trueBlack Lives Matter movement
• trueViolence against minorities
• trueAfrican Americans -- Civil rights
• LAW / Discrimination
• trueCivil rights
• trueImprisonment
• truePolice brutality
• trueRacism in law enforcement
• trueEssays
• African Americans -- Violence against
• trueSociety and culture -- Violence and crime | Criminal justice system
• Police brutality -- United States

Genre

• trueEssays
• trueSociety and culture
• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

"'This collection of short meditations, written from a prison cell, captures the past two decades of police violence that gave rise to Black Lives Matter while digging deeply into the history of the United States. This is the book we need right now to find our bearings in the chaos'--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States; 'Mumia's writings are a wake-up call. He is a voice from our prophetic tradition, speaking to us here, now, lovingly, urgently'--Cornel West; 'He allows us to reflect upon the fact that transformational possibilities often emerge where we least expect them'--Angela Y. Davis; In December 1981, Mumia Abu Jamal was shot and beaten into unconsciousness by Philadelphia police. He awoke to find himself shackled to a hospital bed, accused of killing a cop. He was convicted and sentenced to death in a trial that Amnesty International has denounced as failing to meet the minimum standards of judicial fairness. In Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? Mumia gives voice to the many people of color who have fallen to police bullets or racist abuse, and offers the post-Ferguson generation advice on how to address police abuse in the United States. This collection of his radio commentaries on the topic features an in-depth essay written especially for this book to examine the history of policing in America, with its origins in the white slave patrols of the antebellum South and an explicit mission to terrorize the country's Black population. Applying a personal, historical, and political lens, Mumia provides a righteously angry and calmly principled radical Black perspective on how racist violence is tearing our country apart and what must be done to turn things around. Mumia Abu-Jamal is author of many books, including Death Blossoms, Live from Death Row, All Things Censored, and Writing on the Wall"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Open Media book

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Tone

• trueSobering
• trueImpassioned
• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueCompelling
• trueThoughtful

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

323.1196/073

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Open media series

Target audience

adult