Book
#Sayhername : Black women's stories of police violence and public silence
Publication Information
Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2023.
Physical Description
xii, 305 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Summary
Black women, girls, and femmes as young as seven and as old as ninety-three have been killed by the police, though we rarely hear their names or learn their stories. Breonna Taylor, Alberta Spruill, Rekia Boyd, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, Kyam Livingston, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseaux, and Tanisha Anderson are among the many lives that should have been. This volume provides an analytical framework for understanding Black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence, and it explains how--through Black feminist storytelling and ritual--we can effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice. Centering Black women's experiences in police violence and gender violence discourses sends the powerful message that, in fact, all Black lives matter and that the police cannot kill without consequence. This is a story of Black feminist practice, community-building, enablement, and Black feminist reckoning. --From publisher's description.
Notes
"In memoriam: #SayHerName ; homicides: 1975-2022: total: 177 women" (pages 175-193).
Contents
- Foreword: Say her name / Prologue: Her names
- Introduction: Unheard stories
- Breaking silence
- Stolen histories
- Disposable lives
- Building community
- In memoriam
- Art activism
- Bearing witness -v- Epilogue: Brokenhearted.
Subjects
- African American women > Violence against.
- African American women > Crimes against.
- Minority women > Violence against > United States.
- Minority women > Crimes against > United States.
- Police brutality > United States > History > 21st century.
- Police misconduct > United States > History > 21st century.
- Social movements > United States > History > 21st century.
- African American women > Abuse of.