This book examines the complex relationship between Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter as it unfolds on social media and in offline interpersonal relationships. In so doing, it demonstrates the ongoing influence of history within the contemporary fight for social justice.
Amanda Nell Edgar is assistant professor of communication at the University of Memphis.
Andre E. Johnson is assistant professor of communication at the University of Memphis.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Movement from the Margins
Chapter 1: It Means I Matter: The Emergence and Meanings of BLM
Chapter 2: I'm Sorry, but You're Just Segregating Yourselves: The Countermovement Rhetoric of #ALM
Chapter 3: The Spirit Led Me: Towards an Understanding of Religious Rhetoric and Pentecostal Piety in the BLM Movement
Chapter 4: We're Killing People at an Astronomical Rate: #ALM, Postracialism, and the Politics of Fear
Chapter 5: There's Nothing Else That I Can Say: Self-Censorship in Online Racial Justice Rhetoric
Conclusion: From Margins to Center
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About the Authors