Black Lives Matter

Shaonta' Allen is Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and American American Studies at Dartmouth College, USA. Simone N. Durham is Faculty Lecturer of Sociology at Morgan State University and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Maryland College Park, USA Angela Jones is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, USA.

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 (1910-1954)
-Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)
-Black Power Movement (1966-1989)
-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 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 Equals 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
Conclusion
Bibliography

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
-Ben 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- )
-Ayo (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
-#8toAbolition
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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 of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,” US Senate Committee of the Judiciary Oversight Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community Relations (2020)
Jada Steuart, “Black Lives Matter Protests in Trinidad & Tobago Spark Discussions about Race” (2020)
Keisha N. Blain, “A Short History of Black Women and Police Violence” (2020)
Kwasi Konadu and Bright Gyamfi, “Black Lives Matter: How Far Has the Movement Come?” (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