Yale University Library Research Guides: African American Religious History: Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter & Religion

Birth of a Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church by Olga M. Segura Examines the founders of the movement and the church's involvement with slavery, including the more recent decision by Georgetown University to make amends for its past actions.
Black Life Matter: Blackness, Religion, and the Subject (Online) by Biko Mandela Gray Offers a philosophical eulogy for victims of police brutality that attests to their irreducible significance
Moved by the Spirit: Religion and the Movement for Black Lives by Christophe D. Ringer (Editor) This volume examines the complex ways religion is present in Black Lives Matter Movement and the way the movement is changing religion. The book argues that Movement for Black Lives is changing and challenging our understanding of religious experience and communities.
Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter (Online) by Christopher Cameron (Editor); Phillip Luke Sinitiere (Editor) Examines religion's place in the BLM movement through the lenses of history, politics, and culture.
Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter by Kelly Brown Douglas

Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America (Online) by Kathy Roberts Forde (Editor) Centers the press as a crucial political actor shaping the rise of the Jim Crow South. Examines the Black press's parallel fight for a multiracial democracy of equality, justice, and opportunity for all--a losing battle with tragic consequences for the American experiment.
The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea by Christopher J. Lebron A condensed and accessible intellectual history that traces the genesis of the ideas that have built into the #BlackLivesMatter movement in a bid to help us make sense of the emotions, demands, and arguments of present-day activists and public thinkers.