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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir Audiobook
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"Narrating her own work, Patrisse Khan-Cullors shares the salient moments of her life that led her to become a founder of Black Lives Matter...pain, frustration, and joy [emblazon] each word she utters." — AudioFile Magazine This program is read by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and includes a bonus conversation. The emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the movement was born. When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & asha bandele is the essential audiobook for every conscientious American. From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic audiobook memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Cullors’ story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, a threat to America. But in truth, they are loving women whose life experiences have led them to seek justice for those victimized by the powerful. In this meaningful, empowering account of survival, strength, and resilience, Patrisse Cullors and asha bandele seek to change the culture that declares innocent black life expendable. More praise for When They Call You a Terrorist: "This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. This book is a must-read for all of us." - Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow "Steeped in humanity and powerful prose...This is an eye-opening and eloquent coming-of-age story from one of the leaders in the new generation of social activists." — Publishers Weekly "'When They Call You a Terrorist'...help[s] readers understand what it means to be a black woman in the United States today." — New York Times Book Review
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“This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse’s visionary and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. This book is a must-read for all of us.”
— Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow
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“Narrating her own work, Patrisse Khan-Cullors shares the salient moments of her life that led her to become a founder of Black Lives Matter…The pain, frustration, and joy in other passages emblazon each word she utters.”
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“This strikingly beautiful memoir puts the lie to the notion that Black Lives Matter comes from anything other than a place of love…Patrisse Cullors’ story is a moral example to the nation.”
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"[A] fierce, intimate memoir.”
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“Impassioned, direct, inspiring, and unsparing.”
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“A story of perseverance from a woman who found her voice in a world that often tried to shut her out…A call to action for readers to change a culture that allows for violence against people of color.”
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“This powerful book by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors reminds us American racism is pervasive…the mission of Khan-Cullors and her fellow activists ha snever been more important—or more urgent.”
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“A thoroughly modern, frequently poetic take on the black-freedom-struggle narrative…an adventure, a heroine’s journey that elevates the striving-black-woman narrative to something more accessible and more epic.”
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“With great candor about her complex personal life, Khan-Cullors has created a memoir as compelling as a page-turning novel.”
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“Khan-Cullors’ prose is dynamic; a rhythmic call to action…[and] an informal resource guide…This searing, timely look into a contemporary movement from one of its crucial leading voices belongs in all collections.”
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“Synthesizes memoir and polemic…An important account of coming of age within today’s explosive racial dynamic.”
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...the pain, frustration, and joy ...emblazon each word she utters.
— AudioFile
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A New York Times bestseller
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One of O Magazine's Ten Titles to Pick Up Now
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An Entertainment Weekly Pick of 13 Books to Read in January
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A Vogue Pick of Most Anticipated Books of January
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An Elle Magazine Pick
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A Paste Magazine Pick
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A BookRiot Pick of Amazing Audiobook Memoirs
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A Literary Hub Pick of the Week
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A Time Magazine Pick of the Best Memoirs of 2018 (So Far)
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Among longlisted titles for Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2018
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About the Authors
Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, California. Cofounder of Black Lives Matter and founder of Dignity and Power Now, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, a popular public speaker, and an NAACP History Maker. She has received many awards for activism and movement building, including being named one of the 100 World’s Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine and as a Civil Rights Leader for the 21st Century by the Los Angeles Times.
Asha Bandele has authored two collections of poetry, an award-winning novel, and two memoirs, including the award-winning and best-selling The Prisoner’s Wife. A senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance, Asha has served as an editor at Essence Magazine, and has been honored with numerous awards for her journalism and activism. Asha lives in Brooklyn, where she is raising her daughter Nisa and continuing to advocate for the nation’s most harmed communities.