When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
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ISBN10: 1250306906
ISBN13: 9781250306906
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288 Pages
$16.99
CA$21.99
Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. For Patrisse, the most vulnerable people in the country are Black people. Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda, Black people are subjected to unjustifiable racial profiling and police brutality. In 2013, when Trayvon Martin’s killer went free, Patrisse’s outrage led her to co-found Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.
Condemned as terrorists and as a threat to America, these loving women founded a hashtag that birthed the movement to demand accountability from the authorities who continually turn a blind eye to the injustices inflicted upon people of Black and Brown skin.
Championing human rights in the face of violent racism, Patrisse is a survivor. She transformed her personal pain into political power, giving voice to a people suffering inequality and a movement fueled by her strength and love to tell the country—and the world—that Black Lives Matter.
When They Call You a Terrorist is Patrisse Cullors and asha bandele’s reflection on humanity. It is an empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.
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"This is a story of perseverance from a woman who found her voice in a world that often tried to shut her out. When They Call You a Terrorist is more than just a reflection on the American criminal justice system. It’s a call to action for readers to change a culture that allows for violence against people of color."—TIME Magazine
“This powerful book by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors reminds us American racism is pervasive . . . the mission of Khan-Cullors and her fellow activists has never been more important—or more urgent.”—The Guardian
"Strikingly beautiful . . . Patrisse Cullors' story is a moral example to the nation."—Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
“This book is a must-read for all of us.”—Michelle Alexander, The New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
“This book tells why we all share the responsibility to move those three words from an aspiration into a new reality.”—Jeff Chang, American Book Award Winner
"With great candor about her complex personal life, Khan-Cullors has created a memoir as compelling as a page-turning novel."—Booklist (starred review)
"This searing, timely look into a contemporary movement from one of its crucial leading voices belongs in all collections."—Library Journal (starred review)
An eye-opening and eloquent coming-of-age story from one of the leaders in the new generation of social activists.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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COMMUNITY, INTERRUPTED
We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be … black, but by getting the public to associate the … blacks with heroin … and then criminalizing [them] heavily, we could disrupt [their]...
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele - the emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the movement was born.
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Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele; foreword by Angela Davis
