Title:
Black lives matter / Martin Gitlin, book editor.
Author:
Gitlin, Marty, editor.
Publication Information:
New York : Greenhaven Publishing, 2019.
Call Number:
E185.615 .B543 2019
Abstract:
In 2012, a seventeen-year-old African American boy named Trayvon Martin was murdered in cold blood by a neighborhood vigilante. When the murderer was acquitted, shockwaves ran through African American communities across the United States. The frustration over the perceived lack of value of African Americans in the United States spurred #BlackLivesMatter. The activist group mobilized as a rash of killings of unarmed African Americans by police seemed to plague the country. But many whites didn't understand their cause and responded with All Lives Matter. The viewpoints in this resource ask important questions regarding race in the United States.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781534502895
9781534502901
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
200 pages ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Do Black lives matter, or do all lives matter? -- Does Black lives matter have the wrong focus? -- Black lives matter: peaceful protesters or fermenters of violence? -- Are African-Americans really treated worse by law enforcement?
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