America, Goddam Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0520384490 | 342 pages | True EPUB | 1.25 MB
A powerful account of violence against Black women and girls in the United States and their fight for liberation.
America, Goddamexplores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Through personal accounts and hard-hitting analysis, Black feminist historian Treva B. Lindsey starkly assesses the forms and legacies of violence against Black women and girls, as well as their demands for justice for themselves and their communities.America, Goddampowerfully demonstrates that the struggle for justice begins with reckoning with the pervasiveness of violence against Black women and girls in the United States.