{"product_id":"we-refuse-a-forceful-history-of-black-resistance","title":"We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance","description":"A reframing of the past and present of Black resistance―both nonviolent and violent―to white supremacy.\n\"Unsparing, erudite, and incisive.\" ―The New Yorker\nNamed a Best Book of 2024 by Smithsonian * Kirkus * Chicago Review of Books * Emancipator * Ms. Magazine\nBlack resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence and Malcolm X’s “by any means necessary.” In We Refuse, historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice, offering an unflinching examination of the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, particularly those pioneered by Black women.\nThe dismissal of “Black violence” as an illegitimate form of resistance is itself a manifestation of white supremacy, a distraction from the insidious, unrelenting violence of structural racism. Force―from work stoppages and property destruction to armed revolt―has played a pivotal part in securing freedom and justice for Black people since the days of the American and Haitian Revolutions. But violence is only one tool among many. Carter Jackson examines other, no less vital tactics that have shaped the Black struggle, from the restorative power of finding joy in the face of suffering to the quiet strength of simply walking away.\nClear-eyed, impassioned, and ultimately hopeful, We Refuse offers a fundamental corrective to the historical record, a love letter to Black resilience, and a path toward liberation.\nWinner of the Organization of American Historians’ 2025 Darlene Clark Hines Award\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1541602900\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1541602900.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Carter Jackson, Kellie\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41872267673658,"sku":"DBV.1541602900.VG","price":13.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1541602900-0.jpg?v=1793423522","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/we-refuse-a-forceful-history-of-black-resistance","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}