From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

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By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Published March 25, 2016

Professor of African American Studies Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offers an analysis of the historical and contemporary effects of racism and the persistence of structural inequality in From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation. She argues that the recent eruption of protests against police violence has the potential to ignite a larger activist movement among African Americans.

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