20 Books About Black Lives Matter and Civil Rights to Put on Your Essential Reading List

Author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor examines the social, political, and economic aspects of the persistent, racist structures in America society like mass incarceration, police murders, and Black unemployment. Written in 2016, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation makes the case that the newest struggle against police brutality has the potential to create a stronger, broader push for Black liberation — a glimmer of hope in the wake of recent deaths and current protests.