Summary of Curtis Bunn, Michael H. Cottman, Patrice Gaines, Nick Charles & Keith Harriston's Say Their Names

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Get the Summary of Curtis Bunn, Michael H. Cottman, Patrice Gaines, Nick Charles & Keith Harriston's Say Their Names in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific eight minutes and 46 seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on camera, and it ended with the sweeping federal, state, and intrapersonal changes that followed. It is a simple story, wherein white America finally witnessed enough brutality to move their collective consciousness. The only problem is that it isn't true. George Floyd was not the first Black man to be killed by police—he wasn’t even the first to inspire nation-wide protests—yet his death came at a time when America was already at a tipping point.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669341772

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The most significant achievement of Black Lives Matter was to reawaken the power of African Americans.

#2

The Black Lives Matter movement has inspired many young people to take action, and continue fighting for social justice.

#3

The Black Lives Matter movement was the biggest movement in American history, according to analysts. It drew massive crowds, and its motto, Black Lives Matter, embraced all lifestyles and heritages of Black people.

#4

The Black Lives Matter movement was started by three black women in 2016 in response to the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two black men who were murdered by police officers.

#5

The first Black Lives Matter protests in 2012 were about the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin, but it quickly became much more than that.

#6

The Black Lives Matter movement both energized and mobilized a large base of people who were tired of being marginalized.

#7

The Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, was a clear example of how the police treat Black protesters differently than white protesters. The Capitol riot was a culmination of the treatment of BLM protesters by police, and how this treatment has become normalized.

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The Capitol