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Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter

Title
Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter / by Veronica Chambers with Jennifer Harlan.
Author
Chambers, Veronica
Publication
  • Boston ; New York : Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
Harlan, Jennifer
Description
152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 21 x 27 cm
Summary
During 2020, widespread protests rooted in the call-and-response tradition of the Black community gained worldwide attention in the wake of high-profile wrongful deaths of Black people. From the founders to watershed moments, follow the activists and organizers on their journeys and discover the ways that protest has been fundamental to American democracy, eventually making meaningful change.
Alternative Title
  • Story of Black Lives Matter
  • Story of BLM
Subject
  • Garza, Alicia, 1981- > Juvenile literature
  • Cullors, Patrisse, 1983- > Juvenile literature
  • Tometi, Opal, 1984- > Juvenile literature
  • Black lives matter movement > Juvenile literature
  • Black lives matter movement > History > Juvenile literature
  • Civil rights > United States > Juvenile literature
  • Civil rights movements > United States > History > Juvenile literature
  • Social movements > United States > History > Juvenile literature
  • Racism > United States > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century
  • Black lives matter movement
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights movements
  • Race relations
  • Racism
  • Social movements
  • United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Informational works.
  • Illustrated works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographic references (pages 148-150) and index.
Contents
A transformative summer -- This is what protest looks like -- Three girls who wanted to make the world better -- It started with a love letter -- A moment becomes a movement -- So many ways to be an activist -- A change is gonna come -- What is systemic racism? -- How champions lead -- Lift every voice and sing -- Murals with a message -- The art of protest -- Who's who at a protest -- What people power can do -- Never to young to lead -- In their own words: conversations with Black Lives Matter leaders.
Call Number
Sc+ D 21-666
ISBN
  • 9780358573418
  • 0358573416
OCLC
1240162775
Author
Chambers, Veronica, author.
Title
Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter / by Veronica Chambers with Jennifer Harlan.
Publisher
Boston ; New York : Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (pages 148-150) and index.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Harlan, Jennifer, author.
Research Call Number
Sc+ D 21-666
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