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Review Entertainment Weekly�s �13 Books to Read in January,� Cassius� �Black Books to Add to Your Reading List,� Vogue�s �The Most Anticipated Books of January 2018,� Paste�s �10 of the Best Books of January 2018,� Bitch Magazine�s �Bitch Reads: 13 Books Feminists Should Read in January,� ELLE�s �19 of the Best Books to Read This Winter.� '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'This is a story of perseverance from a woman who found her voice in a world that often tried to shut her out. When They Call You a Terrorist is more than just a reflection on the American criminal justice system. It�s a call to action for readers to change a culture that allows for violence against people of color.' � TIME Magazine, named one of the Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far �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 has never 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 as compelling 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 ReviewAn 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'When They Call You a Terrorist deals with the incarceration and disenfranchisement of black men like her father, but it also explores facets of Cullors� personal identity ? black womanhood and sexuality,as well as spirituality.'?TIME'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�It was when I read your book, �When They Call You A Terrorist�?when Trump was elected?that I realized that white supremacy is closer to the surface than I had ever realized, and I thought, �Man, I better understand this more.�� � Jane Fonda �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 grace and vulnerability, she recounts in When They Call You a Terrorist an upbringing plagued by interlocking oppressions and generational trauma, and illustrates the gut-wrenching power of her movement�s message: Black lives must be recognized as worthy in this world.' - Teaching Tolerance Magazine Read more About the Author Patrisse Khan-Cullors is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Cofounder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and Founder of the Los Angeles-based grassroots organization Dignity and Power Now, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, popular public speaker, and a Sydney Peace Prize recipient. For 20 years, Patrisse has been on the frontlines of criminal justice reform and is currently leading Reform L.A. Jails, a ballot initiative that will be voted on in March 2020. Patrisse is currently the Faculty Director of Arizona�s Prescott College new Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program, which she developed nesting a curriculum focused on the intersection of art, social justice and community organizing that is first of its kind in the nation. asha bandele is the award-winning author of The Prisoner�s Wife and several other works. Honored for her work in journalism and activism, asha is a mother, aformer senior editor at Essence and asenior director at the Drug Policy Alliance. Read more
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