In the midst of loss and death and suffering, our charge is to figure out what freedom really means—and how we take steps to get there.
“In the United States, being poor and Black makes you more likely to get sick. Being poor, Black, and sick makes you more likely to die. Your proximity to death makes you disposable.”
The uprising of 2020 marked a new phase in the unfolding Movement for Black Lives. The brutal killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, and countless other injustices large and small, were the match that lit the spark of the largest protest movement in US history, a historic uprising against racism and the politics of disposability that the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare.
In this urgent and incisive collection of new interviews bookended by two new essays, Marc Lamont Hill critically examines the “pre-existing conditions” that have led us to this moment of crisis and upheaval, guiding us through both the perils and possibilities, and helping us imagine an abolitionist future.
In the midst of loss and death and suffering, our charge is to figure out what freedom really means—and how we take steps to get there.
“In the United States, being poor and Black makes you more likely to get sick. Being poor, Black, and sick makes you more likely to die. Your proximity to death makes you disposable.”
The uprising of 2020 marked a new phase in the unfolding Movement for Black Lives. The brutal killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, and countless other injustices large and small, were the match that lit the spark of the largest protest movement in US history, a historic uprising against racism and the politics of disposability that the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare.
In this urgent and incisive collection of new interviews bookended by two new essays, Marc Lamont Hill critically examines the “pre-existing conditions” that have led us to this moment of crisis and upheaval, guiding us through both the perils and possibilities, and helping us imagine an abolitionist future.
• 10,000 copy print run • Galley mailing to reps, bookstores, media, and available on request • Author national media tour discussing election and uprising for Black Lives • Use author's wide network to promote book • Social media influencer campaign to promote the book • Pitch author for interviews on TV, radio and podcast • Launch event with Uncle Bobbie's • Pitch excerpts and reviews to New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, LitHub, The Root, and many more • Promotion through social media: Haymarket Books has 135k Twitter followers, 65k Facebook fans, and 50k Instagram followers •
Marc Lamont Hill is one of the leading intellectual voices in the country. He is currently the host of BET News. An award-winning journalist, Dr. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Dr. Hill is the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions at Temple University. Prior to that, he held positions at Columbia University and Morehouse College. He is the author ofNobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond.He is the owner of Uncle Bobbie's Bookstore in Philadelphia, PA.
“Marc Lamont Hill offers critical insights into the whirlwind
pandemic and racism have reaped. We Still Here appears at a time of
intense study and debate about how we got here—and, most
importantly, how we get out. Politics, history, strategy, and
tactics are all that our side has. Read this book and we’ll see you
in the streets.”
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black
Liberation “Marc Lamont Hill doesn’t shy away from the difficult
questions, and he is willing to tell the hard truth. In this
powerful book, his insight and commitment to justice leap from
every page. Read it, be informed, and feel fortified in these
trying times. Hill models what Henry James called ‘perception at
the pitch of passion.’”
—Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again
“We Still Here is a brilliant, timely, and inspirational book. Marc
Lamont Hill gives a critical intersectional analysis of what got us
to the present moment, but also paints a beautiful picture of
possibilities for the future. This is the perfect text for
students, organizers, activists, and leaders.”
—Tarana Burke, founder of Me Too
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