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The Trayvon generation

"In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, one of the great literary voices of our time, Elizabeth Alexander, wrote a moving reflection on the psyche of young Black America, turning a mother's eye to her son...

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Main Author: Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2022.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Martin, Trayvon, > 1995-2012 > Influence.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African American youth > Psychology.
African American mothers > Psychology.
African Americans > Crimes against.
Race discrimination > United States.
Racism > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • "What will be the sacred words?
  • "here lies"
  • "shock of delayed comprehension"
  • "a tale of two textbooks"
  • "cemetery for the illustrious negro dead"
  • the trayvon generation
  • "we dress our ideas in clothes to make the abstract visible"
  • "whether the negro sheds tears"
  • "there are black people in the future".

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