For those looking for a primer about the history of anti-Black racism in the United States and context for the ongoing uprising against police violence and the carceral system, there is no better place to start than Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's landmark From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.

We've put together a study and discussion guide to support activists and organizers interested in utilizing this crucial book in their work. Free Study Guide Available: Download PDF

Winner of the 2016 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize for an Especially Notable Book

“Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's searching examination of the social, political and economic dimensions of the prevailing racial order offers important context for understanding the necessity of the emerging movement for black liberation.”
—Michelle Alexander

The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists.

In this stirring and insightful analysis, activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for Black liberation.

Free Study Guide Available: Download PDF