Black Lives Matter : a reference handbook

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Shaonta', author.

Durham, Simone N., author.

Jones, Angela, 1978- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Contemporary world issues.

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black lives matter movement--History.

Black lives matter movement.

Black lives matter movement--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

"This multifaceted reference work provides a comprehensive overview of the history, development, leadership, and priorities of the Black Lives Matter social justice movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

1 Background and History

The Question of Black Humanity

Transatlantic Slave Trade and US Chattel Slavery (1619-1865)

Jim Crow Era of Legalized Segregation (1877-1964)

Post-Civil Rights Color-Blind Era (1965-Present)

Black Liberation Movements throughout American History

Slavery Abolition Movement (1619-1865)

Early Civil Rights Organizing (1887-1910)

NAACP, Legal Battles, and Civil Rights (1910-54)

Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)

Black Power Movement (1966-89)

Black Lives Matter Movement (2013-)

Contentious Community-Police Relations

Pre-institutionalized Policing: Slave Catching and Lynching

Institutionalized Policing and Racial Disparities

Contemporary Abolition and Community Oversight Initiatives

Policing Blackness in the Contemporary Moment

Framing the Oppositional Politics of BLM

Institutionalized Racism versus Individual Bad Behavior

Respectability Politics versus Unapologetically Black Politics

Intersectionality and Standpoint Theory

The Role of Religion in Black Resistance

Conclusion

Bibliography

2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions

BLM's Organizational Structure

Black Lives Matter versus the Movement 4 Black Lives

Centralized versus Decentralized Leadership

Do All Black Lives Matter? BLM's Intersectional Politics and Affiliate Movements

#SayHerName

#AllBlackLivesMatter

The Global Reach of BLM

BLM's Ideological and Rhetorical Controversies

#BlackLivesMatter versus #AllLivesMatter

#BlueLivesMatter and #ThinBlueLine

The American "Culture Wars"

Digital Movement = Digital Controversies

Misinformation and Disinformation in the Digital Era

Citizen Journalism and the News Media Problematic

The Activism versus Slacktivism Debate

BLM in Media and Popular Culture.

Desensitization and the Spectacle of Black Death

"Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired": The Issue of Activist Burnout

Causes of Activist Burnout

Symptoms and Implications

Potential Solutions

From Corporate to Community: The Political Economy of BLM

Corporate Engagement with Black Lives Matter

BLM's Impact at the Community Level

BLM's Financial Controversies

Legal Changes and Policy Implications

Institutional Shifts

Cultural Trends

Policy Outcomes

The Criminal Justice Problem

3 Perspectives

Whose Lives? Our Lives! Black Trans Lives Matter Brayland Brown

A Response to Many Violences: Reframing the Call to #SayHerName Melissa Brown

Social Roots: The Birth and Rise of Black Lives Matter Jonathan M. Cox

Struggling to Catch My Breath: The Day-to-Day Experience of a Scholar Activist Shaneda Destine

Navigating State Surveillance as a Black Woman April Goggans

At the Forefront: My Journey as a Youth Activist Armonee D. Jackson

Global Movement, Local Dynamics: How the BLM Movement Has Influenced Protests around the World Saman Ayesha Kidwai and Daniel Odin Shaw

Opaque Movements and Captured Leadership Dana Francisco Miranda

When Black Disabled Lives Matter, Every Body and Mind Has Access to Freedom Dreams Justine "Justice" Shorter

"There Is No Capitalism without Racism": Racial Capitalism and the BLM Movement Saadia Toor and Ali Mir

4 Profiles

Individuals

Jennifer E. Cobbina (1982-)

Benjamin Lloyd Crump (1969-)

Sybrina Fulton (1968-)

Alicia Garza (1981-)

Imara Jones (1972-)

Colin Kaepernick (1987-)

Patrisse Khan-Cullors (1984-)

Barbara Ransby (1957-)

Kendrick Sampson (1988-)

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (1972-)

Ayọ (Opal) Tometi (1984-)

Organizations

African American Policy Forum

Black Alliance for Just Immigration.

Black to the Future Action Fund

Black Youth Project 100

Campaign Zero

Color of Change

Data for Black Lives

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

#8toAbolition

5 Documents

"Justice Department Announces Findings of Two Civil Rights Investigations in Ferguson, Missouri," Department of Justice Press Release (2015)

"Statement of Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights," US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Oversight Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community Relations (2020)

"Black Lives Matter Protests in Trinidad &amp

Tobago Spark Discussions about Race," Jada Steuart (2020)

"A Short History of Black Women and Police Violence," Keisha N. Blain (2020)

"Black Lives Matter: How Far Has the Movement Come?," Kwasi Konadu and Bright Gyamfi (2021)

"Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 55, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act" (2022)

6 Resources

Books

Academic Articles and Reports

News Articles

Documentaries

Podcasts and Videos

7 Chronology

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-17273-4

979-82-16-17274-1

1-4408-7918-4

OCLC:

1517395916