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Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter / by Veronica Chambers with Jennifer Harlan.
Van Pelt Library E185.615 .C54 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chambers, Veronica, author.
- Harlan, Jennifer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garza, Alicia, 1981---Juvenile literature.
- Garza, Alicia.
- Cullors, Patrisse, 1983---Juvenile literature.
- Cullors, Patrisse.
- Tometi, Opal, 1984---Juvenile literature.
- Tometi, Opal.
- Black lives matter movement--Juvenile literature.
- Black lives matter movement.
- Black lives matter movement--History--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements.
- Social movements--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
- Social movements.
- Racism against Black people--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Racism against Black people.
- United States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- Black lives matter movement--History.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
- Racism.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Illustrated works.
- illustrated books.
- Informational works
- Illustrated works
- History
- Juvenile works
- Physical Description:
- 152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Story of Black Lives Matter
- Story of BLM
- Place of Publication:
- Boston ; New York : Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, [2021]
- Summary:
- During 2020, widespread protests rooted in the call-and-response tradition of the Black community gained worldwide attention in the wake of high-profile wrongful deaths of Black people. From the founders to watershed moments, follow the activists and organizers on their journeys and discover the ways that protest has been fundamental to American democracy, eventually making meaningful change.
- Publisher Annotation: Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerful exploration of the history of Black Lives Matter told through photographs, quotes, and informative text by New York Times best-selling authors Veronica Chambers and Jennifer Harlan.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A transformative summer
- In pictures: This is what protest looks like
- Three girls who wanted to make the world better
- It started with a love letter
- A moment becomes a movement
- So many ways to be an activist
- A change is gonna come
- What is systemic racism?
- How champions lead
- Lift every voice and sing
- Murals with a message
- The art of protest
- Who's who at a protest
- What people power can do
- Never too young to lead
- In their own words: Conversations with Black Lives Matter leaders.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-150) and index.
- Orbis Pictus Honor, 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780358573418
- 0358573416
- 9780063284937
- 0063284936
- OCLC:
- 1240162775
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