Twenty-first century social movements come to life through
speeches, essays, and other documents of activism, protest, and
social change.
Gathering more than 100 texts from social movements that have shaped
the 21st century, this powerful book includes contributions from
Angela Y. Davis, Nick Estes, Colin Kaepernick, Rebecca Solnit,
Christian Smalls, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Howard Zinn, Rev. William
Barber, Bree Newsome, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Tarana J. Burke, Dream
Defenders, Sins Invalid, Mariame Kaba, Naomi Klein, Keeanga-Yamahtta
Taylor, Linda Sarsour, Chelsea E. Manning, Chrishaun "CeCe"
McDonald, Julian Brave NoiseCat, H. Melt, and others.
Inspired by the original Voices of a People's History of the
United States, the book features speeches, essays, poems, and
calls to action from Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, Indigenous
struggles, immigrant rights activists, the environmental movement,
disability justice organizers, and frontline workers during the
global pandemic who spoke out against the life-threatening conditions
of their labor. Together, their words remind us that history is made
not only by the rich and powerful, but by ordinary people taking
collective action.
