Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City by LaShawn Harris
- Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
- LaShawn Harris
- Page: 352
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9780807011966
- Publisher: Beacon Press
Download free kindle books rapidshare Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City (English literature) by LaShawn Harris
The life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed community activism forever—and sparked the ongoing movement against racist policing and brutality #SayHerName: The story of Eleanor Bumpurs, told for the first time by decorated historian and Bumpurs's former neighbor LaShawn Harris On October 29, 1984, 66-year-old beloved Black disabled grandmother Eleanor Bumpurs was murdered in her own home. A public housing tenant 4 months behind on rent, Ms. Bumpurs was facing eviction when white NYPD officer Stephen Sullivan shot her twice with a 12-gauge shotgun. LaShawn Harris, 10 years old at the time, felt the aftershocks of the tragedy in her community well beyond the four walls of her home across the street. Now an award-winning historian, Harris uses eyewitness accounts, legal documents, civil rights pamphlets, and more to look through the lens of her childhood neighbor's life and death. She renders in a new light the history of anti-Black police violence and of the watershed anti-policing movement Eleanor Bumpurs's murder birthed. So many Black women's lives have been stolen since—Deborah Danner, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, Sonya Massey—and still more are on the line. This deeply researched, intimate portrait of Eleanor Bumpurs's life and legacy highlights how one Black grandmother’s brutal police murder galvanized an entire city. It also shows how possible and critical it is to stand together against racist policing now.
Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City · LaShawn Harris. Beacon, $35.95 (348p) ISBN 978-0-8070-1196-6.
Tell Her Story - Beacon Press
The book tells the story of Eleanor Bumpurs, a Black grandmother murdered by police in 1984, which sparked the anti-racist policing movement.
Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
The life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed community activism forever—and sparked the ongoing movement against .
The Enduring Legacy of Eleanor Bumpurs, Murdered by the NYPD .
Excerpted from Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City by LaShawn Harris. Copyright 2025. Excerpted .
Associate Professor LaShawn Harris's new book, Tell Her Story
Associate Professor LaShawn Harris's new book, Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City, has been published.