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Black Lives Matter: Critical perspectives on Blackness, State Violence, Activism and Resistance

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Ibram X. Kendi

Isabel Wilkerson

Carol Anderson

Nell Irvin Painter

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Isabel Wilkerson

Edward Baptist

Ibram X. Kendi

Ijeoma Oluo

Black Lives Matter Panel Discussion- Sept. 22, 2016

The Middle Georgia State University Library and the Department of Media, Culture and the Arts hosted a panel discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement on September 22, 2016.

Panelists included:

Dr. Adria Goldman, assistant professor of Communication, Gordon State College
Dr. Andrew Manis, History professor, Middle Georgia State University
Aaron Lewis, Middle Georgia State University student leader
Jeffrey Tarver, lecturer, Department of Psychology, Sociology and Criminal Justice, Middle Georgia State University
Gwen Westbrook, Macon-Bibb NAACP President

Moderator is Dr. Andre Nicholson, Assistant Professor of Communication, Middle Georgia State University.

Essential Readings

The Condemnation of Blackness by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
ISBN: 9780674054325
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
An exploration of the roots of the idea that blackness has become synonymous with criminality.
The Black Revolution on Campus by Martha Biondi
ISBN: 9780520269224
Publication Date: 2012-08-06
An account of the black freedom struggle of the late 1960's and 1970's with a focus on black students and organized protest.
Arrested Justice by Beth Richie
ISBN: 9780814723913
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
An examination of the violence that black women face at the hands of their partners, their communities and the state.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: E185.615 .C6335 2015
ISBN: 9780812993547
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
"Ta-Nehisi Coates provides an illuminating new framework for understanding race: its history, our contemporary dilemma, and where we go from here"

Black Lives Matter: Critical perspectives on Blackness, State Sanctioned Violence, Activism and Resistance