Book
No justice, no peace : from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Legacy Lit, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, 2022.
Physical Description
xv, 176 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 27 cm
Summary
"Award-winning photographer Devin Allen juxtaposes his remarkable photos of today's Black Lives Matter protests alongside his inspiration, Black activist Gordon Parks' photos of the Civil Rights Movement and writing from influential authors and poets to create a vision of the past and future of Black activism and leadership in America. Devin Allen has devoted much of the past five years to documenting the generationally-defining protests of the Black Lives Matter movement, from its early days in Ferguson up to the current moment. In NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE, Allen juxtaposes his powerful and incredibly moving photos of today's protests alongside photos of the Civil Rights movement that were documented by his inspiration, the renowned Gordon Parks, in order to present a stunningly comprehensive visual of Black activism and leadership in America over the past six decades. Together with these poignant, timeless portraits, Allen will also include essays and poems from today's most influential writers and activists--including Clint Smith, Jacqueline Woodson, D. Watkins, Deray McKesson, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Kondwani Fidel, among others--that respond to the words of their predecessors, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and John Lewis. Side by side, these photos and essays show where the movements of yesterday and today meet and where they differ, how modern activists continue to build on and expand the ideas set forth by earlier leaders, and create a stern missive about the moral responsibility of Americans to break unjust laws and take direct action. At once deeply intimate and profoundly collective, NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE is a creative lens through which to reflect on both our history and the current moment, and a visual reminder of the tough, but necessary, road that lies ahead"--
Devin Allen's generationally-defining protests of the Black Lives Matter movement are juxtapose alongside those of Black activist Gordon Parks' photos of the Civil Rights Movement. These are supplemented by writings from influential authors and poets from throughout history, to create a vision of the past and future of Black activism and leadership in America. Side by side, these photos and essays show where the movements of yesterday and today meet and where they differ, how modern activists continue to build on and expand the ideas set forth by earlier leaders, and create a stern missive about the moral responsibility of Americans to break unjust laws and take direct action. -- adapted from publisher info
Contents
- How we get free / Black people magic / The day after the protest / "I can't breathe.." / Why I became an abolitionist / Our brother, Sean, and putting families first / Remembering Big Floyd / When people say, "We have made it through worse before" / What I know of justice / Between relaxed shoulders and raised fists: after Derek Chauvin's conviction, what comes next/ / May we all (a spell for alchemists) / A mother's song / Interdependence and Chicana feminism / Movement lawyers / To resist white supremacy / The moon wobbling / Uncomfortable conversations with a Black man / Today in Black history we honor children / Wide-eyed prophets who showed us a different god / Viral executions / The problem with pandemics in America / More for our money: business in the age of social change / Frederick Douglass: how we found our freedom / The day the pens broke (for Mama Morrison) / Self-care: a new revolution