Black Resistance in the Americas

<p>All across the United States in the last few years there has been a resurgence of Black protest against structural racism and other forms of racial injustice. <em>Black Resistance in the Americas</em> draws attention to this renewed energy and to how this theme of resistance intersects with other communities of Black people around the world. This edited collection examines in-depth stories of resistance against slavery; narratives of resistance in African American Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American literature; resistance in politics education religion music dance and film exploring a range of new perspectives from established and emerging researchers on Black communities. The chapters in this pivotal book discuss some of the mechanisms that Black communities have used to resist bondage domination disempowerment inequality and injustices resulting from their encounters with the West from colonization to forced migration.</p>