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Highlights
- Named a Best Book of 2016 by Kirkus Reviews A New York Times Editor's Choice Nautilus Award Winner "A worthy and necessary addition to the contemporary canon of civil rights literature.
- About the Author: Marc Lamont Hill is an award-winning journalist and host of BET News, as well as a political contributor to CNN.
- 272 Pages
- Social Science, Minority Studies
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About the Book
An "analysis of deeper meaning behind the string of deaths of unarmed citizens like Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray, providing ... [commentary] on the intersection of race and class in America today"--Book Synopsis
Named a Best Book of 2016 by Kirkus ReviewsA New York Times Editor's Choice
Nautilus Award Winner "A worthy and necessary addition to the contemporary canon of civil rights literature." --The New York Times
Review Quotes
"Nobody provides a comprehensive look at the effects, where police are shooting unarmed minority citizens, and their drinking water is literally poisoned . . . . It will constantly energize you and never bore you."-- "The Intercept"
"[Hill] challenges us to join a new generation of activists prepared to organize, agitate and act (against the backdrop of state sanctioned violence, economic injustice, social misery, and appeals to fragmentation and fear) on the eminently reasonable proposition that our "nobodies" will not have a fair shot at becoming "somebodies" until we reduce the unconscionably high - and growing - gap between America's "have-gots" and our "have-nots."--Dr. Glenn C. Altschuler, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University "Florida Courier"
"An essential primer on the relationship between anti-Black racism and state-sanctioned violence, Nobody chronicles historical and social developments around race, class, gender and the role of the State in America which have served to develop, maintain, and expand an expendable underclass. In Hill's book we see how repression breeds resistance, the very same dynamic that has led to an upsurge in the Black Freedom Movement that seeks justice for all of us."--Alicia Garza, cocreator of the Black Lives Matter Network
"In our hyper-partisan era, Hill might not be able to persuade many readers who aren't already on the political left. But "Nobody" is a sincere effort to do just that, and even those who disagree with him should concede that he's the kind of social commentator -- passionate but rarely hyperbolic, well-informed yet respectful of other points of view -- whose ideas are worthy of our attention."--Kevin Canfield "The Kansas City Star"
"Marc Lamont Hill has written the book we desperately needed. No mere chronicle of recent anti-Black violence, Nobody digs deeper, revealing how the killing fields of urban America were tilled by seven decades of Jim Crow and four decades of neoliberalism, turning the very people who brought the prospect of genuine justice, democracy, and citizenship to America into a disposable nation of 'nobodies.' But as Hill reminds us, precarity is not death, the market is not God, and an equitable, just future is in 'nobody's' hands."--Robin D. G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA and author of Freedom Dreams; Thelonious Monk; and Africa Speaks, America Answers
"Marc Lamont Hill is the most courageous and progressive voice in 'Main Stream Media, ' whose new book, Nobody, is a subtle and persuasive historical and contemporary analysis of our state of emergency in America. He gives new meaning to the now popular idea of "intersectionality" with intellectual gusto and political urgency!"--Cornel West, author and professor of philosophy and Christian practice at Union Theological Seminary and professor emeritus at Princeton University
"Marc Lamont Hill proves once again why he is one of the leading voices on race in America. With its fresh insight and careful on-the-ground reporting, Nobody is a powerful call to action that gives a voice to our most vulnerable communities. As with anything Hill writes, this book is essential reading."--Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress
"Picking up the baton that James Baldwin left behind, Nobody gives urgent voice to the generation of the descendants of the poor, unacknowledged people Baldwin captured so vividly in his 1985 classic, The Evidence of Things Not Seen."-- "ESSENCE Magazine"
"With Nobody, Hill marshals the full weight of multiple scholarly traditions to expose complex, ancient, and intersecting injustices of American racism. This is the book that respects Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin, and all the other lost black women, men, girls, and boys by taking them seriously. This is the book we needed to understand how we got here and to understand what it means to be here. This is the definitive text. It will remain so for generations."--Melissa Harris-Perry, Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University and Editor-at-Large, Elle.com
About the Author
Marc Lamont Hill is an award-winning journalist and host of BET News, as well as a political contributor to CNN. He is a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College. Prior to that, he held positions at Columbia University and Temple University. He lives in Atlanta and New York City. Todd Brewster is a longtime journalist who has worked as an editor for Time and Life and as a senior producer for ABC News. He is the coauthor with the late Peter Jennings of the bestselling books The Century, The Century for Young People, and In Search of America, and the author of Lincoln's Gamble.Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Minority Studies
Publisher: Atria Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Marc Lamont Hill
Language: English
Street Date: May 2, 2017
TCIN: 51967034
UPC: 9781501124969
Item Number (DPCI): 248-37-9468
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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