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No Justice, No Peace: From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
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A Movement in Words and Images
Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the last six years to documenting the protests of the Black Lives Matter movement, from its early days in Baltimore, Maryland, up to the present day. The riveting images in No Justice, No Peace provide a lens on the resistance that has empowered Black lives generation after generation. Allen’s signature black-and-white photos bear witness to the profound history of African Americans and allies in the fight for social justice and portray the collective action over decades in stunning, timeless portraits.
Allen’s remarkable photos of today’s Black Lives Matter protests, which have been featured in the New York Times , the Washington Post , and twice on the cover of Time magazine, were inspired by Gordon Parks of the Civil Rights Movement, and create a vision of the past and future of Black activism and leadership in America. With contributions from twenty-six bestselling and influential writers and activists of today such as Clint Smith, DeRay Mckesson, D. Watkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Emmanuel Acho, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and more, alongside the words of past writers and activists such as Martin Luther King Jr, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, and John Lewis, No Justice, No Peace is a reminder of the moral responsibility of Americans to break unjust laws and take direct action.
In words and pictures, No Justice, No Peace honors the connection between activism today and that of the past. If indeed hindsight is 20/20, this artistic look back is a lens on history that enlarges our understanding of the lasting predicament of racism in the United States of America. At once deeply intimate and profoundly uplifting, No Justice, No Peace is a visual tribute to Black resistance and a stern missive on the tough, but necessary, road that lies ahead.
A Movement in Words and Images
Award-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the last six years to documenting the protests of the Black Lives Matter movement, from its early days in Baltimore, Maryland, up to the present day. The riveting images in No Justice, No Peace provide a lens on the resistance that has empowered Black lives generation after generation. Allen’s signature black-and-white photos bear witness to the profound history of African Americans and allies in the fight for social justice and portray the collective action over decades in stunning, timeless portraits.
Allen’s remarkable photos of today’s Black Lives Matter protests, which have been featured in the New York Times , the Washington Post , and twice on the cover of Time magazine, were inspired by Gordon Parks of the Civil Rights Movement, and create a vision of the past and future of Black activism and leadership in America. With contributions from twenty-six bestselling and influential writers and activists of today such as Clint Smith, DeRay Mckesson, D. Watkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Emmanuel Acho, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and more, alongside the words of past writers and activists such as Martin Luther King Jr, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, and John Lewis, No Justice, No Peace is a reminder of the moral responsibility of Americans to break unjust laws and take direct action.
In words and pictures, No Justice, No Peace honors the connection between activism today and that of the past. If indeed hindsight is 20/20, this artistic look back is a lens on history that enlarges our understanding of the lasting predicament of racism in the United States of America. At once deeply intimate and profoundly uplifting, No Justice, No Peace is a visual tribute to Black resistance and a stern missive on the tough, but necessary, road that lies ahead.
192 pages, Hardcover
Published October 11, 2022
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August 20, 2023
Incredible images and moving words. Got real goosebumps from this excellent and important photobook interspersed with poems, quotes, and essays on protesting for racial equality.
“…Today we honor the children
The girls tossed and beaten
While still seated in school desks
We honor
LaQuan and Trayvon
Tamir and Rekia
Mike Brown
Today we honor them
The names we know
The litany we don't
The souls we feel
The black babies killed
Emmett then
Emmett
Still
The girls who will never be women
The boys who will never be men
Their only sin
Melanin
Today we honor the children”
—Leslé Honoré
4.5⭐️
“…Today we honor the children
The girls tossed and beaten
While still seated in school desks
We honor
LaQuan and Trayvon
Tamir and Rekia
Mike Brown
Today we honor them
The names we know
The litany we don't
The souls we feel
The black babies killed
Emmett then
Emmett
Still
The girls who will never be women
The boys who will never be men
Their only sin
Melanin
Today we honor the children”
—Leslé Honoré
4.5⭐️
November 25, 2024
This was such a good reminder.
And timely going into this new administration.
It's yet time again for good people to start making "good trouble." It takes us all. Change comes when good people take a stand.
I remember these protests. It was such a tumultuous time. People full of emotion. This collection of photographs, essays, and poetry is powerful. I'm a firm believer that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere (paraphrased from MLK Jr), and this read strengthened that resolve.
🩶🖤🤎🤍
And timely going into this new administration.
It's yet time again for good people to start making "good trouble." It takes us all. Change comes when good people take a stand.
I remember these protests. It was such a tumultuous time. People full of emotion. This collection of photographs, essays, and poetry is powerful. I'm a firm believer that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere (paraphrased from MLK Jr), and this read strengthened that resolve.
🩶🖤🤎🤍
April 16, 2023
Powerful. Must read and observe.
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