The essential book on the prehistory of the George Floyd protests in 2020, America on Fire tells a story of policing and "riots" that shatters our understanding of the post-civil rights era. Drawing on exclusive sources, acclaimed scholar Elizabeth Hinton uncovers a previously...
What began in spring 2020 as local protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police quickly exploded into a massive nationwide movement. Millions of mostly young people defiantly flooded into the nation's streets, demanding an end to police brutality...