Beyond Hashtags: Racial Politics and Black Digital Networks

by Sarah Florini

Book Overview

How black Americans use digital networks to organize and cultivate solidarity

Unrest gripped Ferguson, Missouri, after Mike Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in August 2014. Many black Americans turned to their digital and social media networks to circulate information, cultivate solidarity, and organize during that tumultuous moment. While Ferguson and the subsequent protests made black...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479813052
• ISBN13: 9781479813056
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"