Keona K. Ervin

Just a really fascinating look, putting Black women and their organizing at the center, which I think really blows apart a lot of thinking around labor organizing and what it has looked like historically. My favorite chapter was the one about youth activism and the 'don't buy where you can't work' movement--just really fascinating stuff, and I think for me was the easiest to follow? (I read this in a less-than-desirable format so that had an impact, unfortunately, in how I was able to approach and understand what was going on--sometimes there were moving pieces I struggled to keep track of, for example.) Definitely usable in teaching, and so necessary in so many ways.… (mehr)