Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter
Publication Information
Boston ; New York : Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
Physical Description
152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 27 cm
Summary
During 2020, widespread protests rooted in the call-and-response tradition of the Black community gained worldwide attention in the wake of high-profile wrongful deaths of Black people. From the founders to watershed moments, follow the activists and organizers on their journeys and discover the ways that protest has been fundamental to American democracy, eventually making meaningful change.
Contents
- A transformative summer
- This is what protest looks like
- Three girls who wanted to make the world better
- It started with a love letter
- A moment becomes a movement
- So many ways to be an activist
- A change is gonna come
- What is systemic racism?
- How champions lead
- Lift every voice and sing
- Murals with a message
- The art of protest
- Who's who at a protest
- What people power can do
- Never to young to lead
- In their own words: conversations with Black Lives Matter leaders.
Subjects
- Black lives matter movement > Juvenile literature.
- Black lives matter movement > History > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- Social movements > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- Racism > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Black lives matter movement > History.
- African Americans > Civil rights.
- Civil rights movements.
- African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
- Racism > United States.
- United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
- United States > Race relations.
- Garza, Alicia, 1981- > Juvenile literature.
- Khan-Cullors, Patrisse, 1984- > Juvenile literature.
- Tometi, Opal, 1984- 1984- > Juvenile literature.