From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

This book examines the social, political, and economic dimensions of the racial order in America. It won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for an Especially Notable Book. The work analyzes how structural racism and class oppression are interconnected, and challenges the concept of color-blindness. It surveys the historical and contemporary effects of racism, including mass incarceration and black unemployment. The book focuses on the Black Lives Matter movement that emerged following the police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City. These events sparked mass protests and challenged police impunity in cases of violence against black people. The author argues that this movement against police violence has the potential to advance a broader struggle for black liberation and represents a new generation of activism.