Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements

by Deva R Woodly and Deva R. Woodly

Book Overview

Examining the significance of the Movement for Black Lives, Reckoning uncovers a broadly applicable argument for the democratic necessity of social movements.

Barack Obama famously said that the purpose of social movements is to get a seat at the table. However, as Deva Woodly argues in Reckoning - a sweeping account of the meaning and purpose of the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) - the value of such movements is something much more profound:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197603955
• ISBN13: 9780197603956
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"