#Sayhername : Black women's stories of police violence and public silence

Book 2023

"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 s...

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ISBN:

9781642594942
9781642594522
1642594520

Description:

xii, 305 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Black women's stories of police violence and public silence
Say her name
Hashtag say her name

Notes:

"In memoriam: #SayHerName ; homicides: 1975-2022: total: 177 women" (pages 175-193)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305)

Contents:

Foreword: Say her name / Janelle Monáe
Prologue: Her names
Introduction: Unheard stories
Breaking silence
Stolen histories
Disposable lives
Building community
In memoriam
Art activism
Bearing witness
Epilogue: Brokenhearted

LCCN:

2023279560

Control Number:

3026527

Other Authors:

African American Policy Forum, author, issuing body
Monáe, Janelle, writer of foreword

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