Join CV DSA for a discussion of Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s pathbreaking book, From #Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation. This best-seller by one of the country’s leading Black socialists examines the history and politics of the Black liberation struggle, the roots of the movement for Black lives, and the debates in the movement over the strategy and tactics.

For the first session, we will be discussing the book's Introduction, “Black Awakening in Obama’s America,” and Chapter One, “A Culture of Racism.” The book is currently sold out in paperback, but you can get an e-book or hard back at Haymarket Books: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1368-from-blacklivesmatter-to-black-liberation

Register in advance for this meeting: https://dsausa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqdOCtrD4tE9C8GLzL0zhwxK7JyGiYa1I2 . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting

Find attached additional materials that are optional: discussion questions that can help guide your reading, a speech that Dr. Taylor gave at the University of Vermont for the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHqYZq_wBFA), clips from her appearances on Democracy Now!, and her most recent column in The New York Times about the current movement.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s speech at UVM, “Black Lives Matter in the Trump Era” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHqYZq_wBFA

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Democracy Now!, A Class Rebellion: How Racism &Racial Terrorism Fueled Nationwide Ange: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/1/keeanga_yamahtta_taylor_protests_class_rebellion

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New York Times, “The End of Black Politics” : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/opinion/sunday/black-politicians-george-floyd-protests.html