Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the Afronet to Black Lives Matter

by Charlton D. McIlwain

Book Overview

Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today's digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. As Charlton D. McIlwain shows in this book, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. In fact, it spans nearly five decades and involves a varied group of engineers, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, journalists, and activists. But this is a history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190863846
• ISBN13: 9780190863845
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"