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Resist : how a century of young Black activists shaped America

By Omokha, Rita, author.

Audience Adults

Published 2024 by St. Martin's Press, New York

ISBN 9781250290984

Bib Id 1464648

Edition First edition.

Description pages cm

"The story of young Black activists at the helm of fighting injustice over the last century, from the 1920s to the Trayvon generation, and how they transformed America and left an indelible mark on history. Growing up as a Nigerian immigrant in the South Bronx, award-winning journalist Rita Omokha contended with her blackness. In 2020, when George Floyd died at the hands of a white police officer, her exploration further developed as she traveled to thirty states attempting to mine contemporary race relations in the U.S. During her trip, she encountered audacious young people like 17-year-old Darnella Frazier, who filmed Floyd's murder, entering a seismic tragedy into the public and historical records, which in turn set off a wave of unprecedented protests across the country. Darnella's quick thinking and courage in that moment is part of a more significant legacy: that of the young Black people--often only teenagers--who have been at the forefront of America's Civil Rights movement for the last hundred years. In Resist, Rita charts the last century of that activism, from the early years of renowned activist Ella Baker, an HBCU student who established critical grassroots organizing networks in the 1920s, and others she inspired, who fought for policy changes in the wake of the unjust trial of the Scottsboro Nine to the first glimpse of allyship in the Bates Seven and a renewed examination of the Black Panthers, all the way to the current generation of young Black revolutionaries who walked American cities in the wake of the murders of countless Black Americans, from Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown to George Floyd. Rita also draws on her own experiences as a Black immigrant living in America, offering a unique and insightful perspective on this ongoing struggle for justice. Rendered with empathy and care, Resist ties these pivotal stories together--and so many more that are lesser known--into one gripping narrative of resilience and unity, and how young Black activists redefined American history"-- ...
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cam a22 8i 4500

LCCN

2024027642

ISBN

9781250290984 (hardcover) $29.00

1250290988

Call #

323.0922 O

Author

Omokha, Rita, author.

Title

Resist : how a century of young Black activists shaped America

Varying Form of Title

How a century of young Black activists shaped America

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

2024 by St. Martin's Press, New York :

Description

pages cm

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Scottsboro Nine Generation & the Making of Black Youth Activism -- The Brown v. Board of Education Generation & the Civil Rights Era -- The Trayvon Martin Generation & a New Wave of Young Revolutionaries.

Summary

Subject

African American youth--Political activity History--20th century.

African American youth--Political activity History--21st century.

African Americans--Violence against History--20th century.

African Americans--Violence against History--21st century.

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--21st century.

United States--Race relations History.