The emotional and powerful story the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and how it came to be.
PATRISSE CULLORS is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from
Los Angeles, CA. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a
performance artist, Fulbright scholar, popular public speaker, and
an NAACP History Maker.
ASHA BANDELE, author of the best-selling and award-winning memoir,
The Prisoner's Wife, and four other works, has been honored for her
work in journalism, fiction, poetry, and activism. A mother and a
former senior editor at Essence magazine, asha serves as a senior
director at the Drug Policy Alliance.
"Strikingly beautiful... Patrisse Cullors' story is a moral example
to the nation."--Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling
author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
"This book is a must-read for all of us."--Michelle Alexander, New
York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
"Impassioned, direct, inspiring and unsparing." - Entertainment
Weekly
"This powerful book by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse
Khan-Cullors reminds us American racism is pervasive...the mission
of Khan-Cullors and her fellow activists ha snever been more
important - or more urgent." The Guardian
"[A] fierce, intimate memoir." - O Magazine
"A thoroughly modern, fre-quently poetic take on the
black-freedom-struggle narrative."- Ms. Mag
"With great candor about her complex personal life, Khan-Cullors
has created a memoir ascompelling as a page-turning novel." -
Booklist Starred Review
"This searing, timely look into a contemporary movement from one of
its crucial leading voices belongs in all collections." - Library
Journal Starred Review
An eye-opening and eloquent coming-of-age story from one of the
leaders in the new generation of social activists."
--PublishersWeekly, starred review
"An important account of coming of age within today's explosive
racial dynamic." - Kirkus Reviews
"One of 2018's most important nonfiction books." - The Root
""[A] meditative, meaningful work ... Cullors beautifully expresses
empathy, honesty and hope" --Shelf Awareness
"Responsible, awakening and powerful."- Nick Cannon
"Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a leading visionary and activist,
feminist, and civil rights leader who has literally changed the
trajectory of politics and resistance in America." --Eve Ensler,
bestselling author
"This book tells why we all share the responsibility to move those
three words from an aspiration into a new reality." - American Book
Award Winner Jeff Chang "To call the founders of BLM terrorists is
an unconscionable lie. This strikingly beautiful memoir puts the
lie to the notion that Black Lives Matter comes from anything other
than a place of love--love of self, community, people, and,
ultimately, the very soul of a democratic nation. BLM seeks to
acknowledge the truth, and Patrisse Cullors' story is a moral
example to the nation."--Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times
bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White
America
"This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary
and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of
the choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. This
book is a must-read for all of us." --Michelle Alexander, New York
Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
"I admire Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele's courage not to
stay silent about what matters in our world. Responsible, awakening
and powerful."- Nick Cannon
"Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a leading visionary and activist,
feminist, and civil rights leader who has literally changed the
trajectory of politics and resistance in America." --Eve Ensler,
bestselling author
"This book tells why we all share the responsibility to move those
three words from an aspiration into a new reality." - American Book
Award Winner Jeff Chang
"With great candor about her complex personal life, Khan-Cullors
has created a memoir as compelling as a page-turning novel." -
Booklist Starred Review
"With assistance from bandele, Khan-Cullors synthesizes memoir and
polemic ... an important account of coming of age within today's
explosive racial dynamic." - Kirkus Reviews
"This searing, timely look into a contemporary movement from one of
its crucial leading voices belongs in all collections." - Library
Journal Starred Review
"A thoroughly modern, fre-quently poetic take on the
black-freedom-struggle narrative...Terrorist is an adventure, a
heroine's journey that elevates the striving-black-woman narrative
(a subset of the up-from-slavery black narrative) to something more
accessible and more epic." - Ms. Mag
"[A] fierce, intimate memoir." - O Magazine
"Compelling." - Paste
"[Patrisse Khan-Cullors] will make you believe that love is real
and can change the world. What a way to start off 2018, [a]
magical, magical book." -Autostraddle
"Steeped in humanity and powerful prose ... This is an eye-opening
and eloquent coming-of-age story from one of the leaders in the new
generation of social activists." --Publishers Weekly, starred
review
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Vogue's "The Most Anticipated Books of January 2018"
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Bitch Magazine's "Bitch Reads: 13 Books Feminists Should Read in
January"
Cassius's "Black Books to Add to Your Reading List"
ELLE's "19 of the Best Books to Read This Winter" "To call the
founders of BLM terrorists isan unconscionable lie. This strikingly
beautiful memoir puts the lie to thenotion that Black Lives Matter
comes from anything other than a place of love--love of self,
community, people, and, ultimately, the very soul of a
democraticnation. BLM seeks to acknowledge the truth, and Patrisse
Cullors' story is amoral example to the nation."--Michael Eric
Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A
Sermon to White America
"I admire Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele'scourage not to
stay silent about what matters in our world. Responsible, awakening
and ?powerful."- Nick Cannon
"This remarkable book reveals what inspiredPatrisse's visionary and
courageous activism and forces us to face theconsequence of the
choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation.This book
is a must-read for all of us." --Michelle Alexander, New York Times
bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
"Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a leading visionary andactivist,
feminist, and civil rights leader who has literally changed
thetrajectory of politics and resistance in America." --Eve Ensler,
bestsellingauthor
"This book tells why we all share the responsibilityto movethose
three words from an aspiration into a new reality." - American Book
Award Winner Jeff Chang "You will not forget this book. It will
stay with you, whispering to you long after the last page has been
turned. It is a story our nation desperately needs to hear,
especially right now. Our country has been at war with its own
people for decades and the reasons for this tragedy are deeply
rooted in our racial history and our post-industrial, globalized
present. Entire communities defined by race and class have been
deemed enemy territory and millions taken prisoner. Patrisse
Cullors grew up as a child of this war -- a drug war that aimed to
destroy families like hers, communities like hers, places she
called home. asha bandele tells the story beautifully, sharing the
often razor-sharp details of the police and prisons that punctuated
Patrisse's young life with unflinching honesty and deep insight.
This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary and
courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the
choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. This
book is a must-read for all of us.?" - Michelle Alexander, author
of The New Jim Crow
"A visionary leader whose message of racial justice hasreverberated
across the globe." - Carolina De Robertis
"For those who wish to understand what it takes to changethe world,
this story matters." - Robin D. G. Kelley
"Masterfully told from Cullor's own words, by the deft handof the
incredible asha bandele." - Denene Millner
"This book tells why we all share the responsibility to movethose
three words from an aspiration into a new reality." - Jeff
Chang
"Patrisse Cullors is a leading visionary and activist, feminist,
civil rights leader who has literally changed the trajectory
ofpolitics and resistance in America." - Eve Ensler
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