Black Lives Matter at School
An Uprising for Educational Justice
Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: xv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
An essential collection of essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from educators, students, and activists who have been building the Black Lives Matter at School movement across the country, including a foreword by Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi.
Other Authors:
Jones, Denisha (Denisha Natasha), editor.
Hagopian, Jesse, editor.
Tometi, Opal, writer of foreword.
Jones, Denisha (Denisha Natasha), editor.
Hagopian, Jesse, editor.
Tometi, Opal, writer of foreword.
Contents:
Making Black Lives Matter at School / Jesse Hagopian -- Black Lives Matter at School: historical perspectives / Brian Jones -- How one elementary school sparked a movement to make Black Students' Lives Matter / Wayne Au and Jesse Hagopian -- From Philly with love: Black Lives Matter at School goes national / Tamara Anderson -- Organizing the national curriculum / Christopher Rogers -- MapSO Freedom School and the statewide and national Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action Organizing / Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price -- Letter in solidarity with Black Lives Matter at School -- Black Lives Matter to the Chicago Teachers Union: an interview with Jennifer Johnson / Jennifer Johnson -- Pushing our union to do antiracist work: Los Angeles Teachers Union tackles racial justice / Cecily Myart-Cruz and Erika Jones -- Sample union endorsements -- The struggle for union support in New York City: an interview with Myrie / Myrie -- Successes and challenges garnering state and local union support in Howard County, Maryland: an interview with Erika Strauss Chavarria / Erika Strauss Chavarria.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Education.
Black lives matter movement.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- Education.
Black lives matter movement.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9781642592702
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
EDUCATION Bla | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/6/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index.