Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada

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The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 by a white assailant inspired the Black Lives Matter movement, which quickly spread outside the borders of the United States. The movement’s message found fertile ground in Canada, where Black activists speak of generations of injustice and continue the work of the Black liberators who have come before them. Until We Are Free contains some of the very best writing on the hottest issues facing the Black community in Canada. It describes the latest developments in Canadian Black activism, organizing efforts through the use of social media, Black-Indigenous alliances, and more. Cover Copyright Dedication CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Part I: FRAMING OUR OWN STORY: BLACK LIVES MATTER IN CANADA, THEN AND NOW THE ORIGIN STORY OF BLACK LIVES MATTER CANADA Part II: CARCERAL VIOLENCE: BLACKNESS, BORDERS, AND CONFINEMENT IN CANADA MANY A THOUSAND GONE REVOLUTION AND RESURGENCE: DISMANTLING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THROUGH BLACK AND INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY BLACK LIVES MATTER BEYOND BORDERS: REFLECTIONS FROM BUILDING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FUTURES ON TURTLE ISLAND: A CONVERSATION UNBORDERABLE BLACKNESS: HOW DIASPORIC BLACK IDENTITIES POSE A THREAT TO IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM EVERYWHERE ORGANIZING DIRECT ACTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE Part III: CREATIVE ACTIVISMS: ARTS IN THE MOVEMENT BLACK ARTS AND THE MOVEMENT: A CONVERSATION RELENTLESS THE AFRONAUTIC RESEARCH LAB CHOREOGRAPHIC DESIGN AND PERFORMING BLACK ACTIVISM Part IV: THEORIZING BLACKNESS: CONSIDERATIONS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE THE NEED TO ROOT DISABILITY JUSTICE INTO MOVEMENTS BLACKNESS IN THE ATMOSPHERE FIRST-GENERATION TRIBULATIONS IT’S IN US TO GIVE: BLACK LIFE AND THE RACIAL PROFILING OF BLOOD DONATION FROM CHEECHAKO TO SOURDOUGH MOTHERING IN THE MOVEMENT BLACK AND MUSLIM BLACK LIVES MATTER—TORONTO SIT-IN AT PRIDE Part V: AND BEYOND: BLACK FUTURITIES AND POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD POWER TO ALL PEOPLE: BLACK LGBTTI2QQ ACTIVISM, REMEMBRANCE, AND ARCHIVING IN TORONTO INDIGENOUS AND BLACK SOLIDARITY IN PRACTICE: #BLMTOTENTCITY BLACK LIVES MATTER—TORONTO FREEDOM SCHOOL CONCLUSION POSTSCRIPT