The Summer of 2020: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Author:   Andre E. Johnson ,  Amanda Nell Edgar
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
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Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 March 2024
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Author:   Andre E. Johnson ,  Amanda Nell Edgar
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
Imprint:   University Press of Mississippi
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781496849748


ISBN 10:   1496849744
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: One More Long, Hot Summer Chapter 1: ""I Saw the Video"": George Floyd and the Meaning of Black Lives Matter Chapter 2: ""Face the Fear and Do It Anyway"": Protesting in the Face of Compounding Threats Chapter 3: ""What’s More Important Is the Bigger Picture"": Intersectionality as a Personal Investment Chapter 4: ""It’s an Extension of My Faith"": The Role of Faith, Religion, and Spirituality in the BLM Movement Chapter 5: ""It’s How We Pick Our Enemy"": BLM and the Role of Electoral Politics Chapter 6: ""This Is Live? This Is Real?"": Streaming a Movement Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index"

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By centering the voices of BLM activists, The Summer of 2020 offers an informative, fresh perspective on and deepens extant analysis of the Black Lives Matter movements.--Patricia Davis, author of Laying Claim: African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity Through exceptional writing, The Summer of 2020 walks the line between popular discourse and academic argument in order to document and comment from 'on the ground' work of the Black Lives Matter movement.--Daniel White Hodge, author of Baptized in Dirty Water: Reimagining The Gospel According to Tupac Amaru Shakur


"By centering the voices of BLM activists, The Summer of 2020 offers an informative, fresh perspective on and deepens extant analysis of the Black Lives Matter movements. - Patricia G. Davis, coeditor of Rupturing Rhetoric: The Politics of Race and Popular Culture since Ferguson Through exceptional writing, The Summer of 2020 walks the line between popular discourse and academic argument in order to document and comment from ‘on the ground’ work of the Black Lives Matter movement."" - Daniel White Hodge, author of Baptized in Dirty Water: Reimagining The Gospel According to Tupac Amaru Shakur"


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Andre E. Johnson is associate professor of rhetoric and media studies and a university research fellow at the University of Memphis. He is author of No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and editor of The Speeches of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner: The Press, the Platform, and the Pulpit, both published by University Press of Mississippi. Amanda Nell Edgar studies issues of race and racism as they intersect with other identities, particularly gender and class. She is author of Culturally Speaking: The Rhetoric of Voice and Identity in a Mediated Culture. Together, Johnson and Edgar are coauthors of The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter.

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