Book Talk: "Black Lives Matter in Latin America"

Please join us for a book talk with the coeditors of Black Lives Matter in Latin America: Continuities in Racism, Cross-National Resistance and Mobilization in the Americas (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

This volume, coedited by Clovis Oliveira, GL Mitchell-Walthour, and Minion KC Morrison, considers how Black activism in Latin America has taken place in varying arenas such as in the academy, digital platforms, and traditional forms of activism. Contributors also examine the impact of activism on policy advocacy and legislation, as well as groups who the Black Lives Matter movement focus on such as women and immigrants. The first part of the book focuses on making Black Lives Matter in academic studies, governmental data, and politics. The next section focuses on the impact of Black activism on policy and legislation in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Black activists have been fighting for Black lives throughout Latin America and their struggles have not been in vain, although less policy change has occurred in Peru. The last section finds that social media has allowed for more independent forms of Black activism in Brazil and Cuba.

Cosponsors: UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies, UCLA Latin American Institute, and the CSRC