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From Tamika D. Mallory, trailblazing social justice leader, movement strategist, globally recognized civil rights activist, and cofounder of the historic Women's March on Washington and Until Freedom comes an unflinching history of American systemic racism, a first-hand view of what makes for effective activism today, and a vision for lasting, positive change.In the wake of the recent killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, the nation has erupted in a series of protests. Now, civil rights activist Tamika Mallory traces the path of history that has brought the United States to this tense and complex time of activism and resistance. With clear, concise language and eye-opening examples from our nation's past, Tamika Mallory examines the people and policies that have created the country's militarized and racially biased systems of criminal justice, social services, and economic policy. Based on her personal experience of working to promote equality, Mallory also offers accessible and inspirational guidance that shows how to effectively fight for positive change in a country that has never seen a wider gap between its wealthy and its poor, its empowered and its marginalized, or its citizenry and its ruling class of police and politicians.Steeped in history and informed by in-depth investigative research and on-the-ground reporting, State of Emergency is a fresh take on racial justice and an urgent call to action.An Atria Book. Atria Books has a great book for every listener.

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"""An impassioned look at racial injustice in America...Shifting between outrage, hope, and resolute determination, this call to action will resonate with readers."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""An urgent call for racial justice that demands attention, discussion, and action."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" ""Gives us the words and tools to fight for the justice our families deserves."" -- ""Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor"" ""A masterful book...Reaffirms the urgency of the current state of Black people in America and the power we all have to win transformative change."" -- ""Marc Lamont Hill, author of We Still Here"""

A masterful book...Reaffirms the urgency of the current state of Black people in America and the power we all have to win transformative change. -- Marc Lamont Hill, author of We Still Here An impassioned look at racial injustice in America...Shifting between outrage, hope, and resolute determination, this call to action will resonate with readers. -- Publishers Weekly An urgent call for racial justice that demands attention, discussion, and action. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Gives us the words and tools to fight for the justice our families deserves. -- Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor

A masterful book...Reaffirms the urgency of the current state of Black people in America and the power we all have to win transformative change. -- Marc Lamont Hill, New York Times bestselling author

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Tamika D. Mallory is a trailblazing social justice leader, movement strategist, and globally recognized civil rights activist. Mallory is an expert in the areas of gun violence prevention, criminal justice reform, and grassroots organizing. Tamika D. Mallory is a trailblazing social justice leader, movement strategist, and globally recognized civil rights activist. Mallory is an expert in the areas of gun violence prevention, criminal justice reform, and grassroots organizing. Others, as in, not you Linda Sarsour is an award-winning racial justice and civil rights activist, community organizer, and mother of three. She is a Palestinian-Muslim-American born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She is the former Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York and the cofounder of the first Muslim online organizing platform, MPower Change. She is a member of the Justice League NYC, a leading force of activists, artists, youths, and formerly incarcerated individuals committed to criminal justice reform through direct action and policy advocacy. Sarsour served as national cochair of the largest single day protest in US history, the Women's March on Washington. She has been named amongst 500 of the most influential Muslims in the world. She has won numerous awards including Champion of Change from the Obama Administration, one of Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders and featured as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. She is a frequent media commentator on issues impacting Muslim communities, Middle East affairs, and criminal justice reform and most recognized for her transformative intersectional organizing work and movement building. Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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