Derecka Purnell

Gebundenes Buch

Becoming Abolitionists

Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom

Beschreibung

How I became an abolitionist: a memoir of Black Lives Matter

Autor

Derecka Purnell is a human rights lawyer, writer, and organizer. She received her JD from Harvard Law School, and works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and training to community-based organizations through an abolitionist framework. She has been featured on NPR and published in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Boston Globe, Teen Vogue, and more. Derecka is currently a columnist at the Guardian and cofounder of the National Museum of Social Justice and Contemporary Activism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso / Verso UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 8890
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 151mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781839766671
• ISBN-10: 1839766670
• Artikelnr.: 62221914

Rezensionen

At once specific and sweeping, practical and visionary, Becoming Abolitionists is a triumph of political imagination and a tremendous gift to all movements struggling towards liberation. Do not miss its brilliance! Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything