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050 00 $aE185.86$b.A28 2017
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100 1 $aAbu-Jamal, Mumia,$eauthor.
245 10 $aHave Black lives ever mattered? /$cMumia Abu-Jamal.
264 1 $aSan Francisco, CA :$bCity Lights Books,$c[2017]
300 $axiii, 206 pages ;$c19 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aOpen media series
520 2 $a"'This collection of short meditations, written from a prison cell, captures the past two decades of police violence that gave rise to Black Lives Matter while digging deeply into the history of the United States. This is the book we need right now to find our bearings in the chaos'--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States; 'Mumia's writings are a wake-up call. He is a voice from our prophetic tradition, speaking to us here, now, lovingly, urgently'--Cornel West; 'He allows us to reflect upon the fact that transformational possibilities often emerge where we least expect them'--Angela Y. Davis; In December 1981, Mumia Abu Jamal was shot and beaten into unconsciousness by Philadelphia police. He awoke to find himself shackled to a hospital bed, accused of killing a cop. He was convicted and sentenced to death in a trial that Amnesty International has denounced as failing to meet the minimum standards of judicial fairness. In Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? Mumia gives voice to the many people of color who have fallen to police bullets or racist abuse, and offers the post-Ferguson generation advice on how to address police abuse in the United States. This collection of his radio commentaries on the topic features an in-depth essay written especially for this book to examine the history of policing in America, with its origins in the white slave patrols of the antebellum South and an explicit mission to terrorize the country's Black population. Applying a personal, historical, and political lens, Mumia provides a righteously angry and calmly principled radical Black perspective on how racist violence is tearing our country apart and what must be done to turn things around. Mumia Abu-Jamal is author of many books, including Death Blossoms, Live from Death Row, All Things Censored, and Writing on the Wall"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions$y1975-
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aRacism$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xViolence against.
650 0 $aPolice brutality$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLAW / Discrimination.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLAW / Civil Rights.$2bisacsh
776 08 $iOnline version:$aAbu-Jamal, Mumia, author.$tHave Black lives ever mattered?$dSan Francisco : City Lights Books, 2017$z9780872867390
830 0 $aOpen Media book.
852 00 $bglx$hE185.86$i.A28 2017