When They Call You a Terrorist
Book description
From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Cullors' story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been…
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Growing up in a community of color where police harassment and brutality is the norm, Khan-Cullors learns early in life about racial inequality. This point is reinforced when her father and her mentally ill brother cycle in and out of prison. She clearly and poignantly tells us how her hurt and outrage about the treatment of her family members expands into activism and co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement. Her struggles to build a loving, supportive community around her as she challenges racial violence and unequal justice show her enormous personal and political challenges. The message, she writes, of “building…
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