When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

EAN: 9781250306906
Author(s): Cullors, Patrisse (Author) , Bandele, Asha (Author)
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Publication Date: 01/14/2020
Page Count:263
List Price: $16.99
Binding: Paperback

A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America – and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free.Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles& Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. For Patrisse& the most vulnerable people in the country are Black people. Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda& Black people are subjected to unjustifiable racial profiling and police brutality. In 2013& when Trayvon Martin?s killer went free& Patrisse?s outrage led her to co-found Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.Condemned as terrorists and as a threat to America& these loving women founded a hashtag that birthed the movement to demand accountability from the authorities who continually turn a blind eye to the injustices inflicted upon people of Black and Brown skin.Championing human rights in the face of violent racism& Patrisse is a survivor. She transformed her personal pain into political power& giving voice to a people suffering inequality and a movement fueled by her strength and love to tell the country – and the world – that Black Lives Matter.When They Call You a Terrorist is Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele?s reflection on humanity. It is an empowering account of survival& strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.