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Time on Two Crosses provides a fascinating look into the mind of the brilliant civil rights strategist, Bayard Rustin, whose struggles as an openly gay African American in the 1940s-1980s formed the “two crosses” of the book’s title. Over the course of a more than 45-year career in activism, Bayard Rustin was a leader in the African American civil rights movement, anti-war efforts, labor movement, and gay rights movement. He is most remembered as the architect of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the co-organizer of the 1963 March on Washington along with A. Philip Randolph. Time on Two Crosses collects 48 of Rustin’s speeches, essays and interviews, many of which are hauntingly prescient and provide valuable lessons for current activists. Some of the highlights include, “Twenty-two days on a Chain Gang,” Rustin’s 1949 account of serving time in a North Carolina prison after having been arrested for challenging Jim Crow laws on interstate buses; “Civil Rights, 20 Years Later,” a reflection on the March on Washington written in 1983; and “Black and Gay in the Civil Rights Movement: An Interview with Open Hands,” from 1987. Rustin’s writing is luminescent and profound, but the book's editing leaves much to be desired in terms of context. Additional research on Rustin may be required to understand his role in the movements he worked with and reasons for writing some of the essays. I suggest pairing this book with Taylor Branch's histories of America during the King years.… (lisätietoja)
 
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megacool24 | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Dec 18, 2023 |
Time on Two Crosses offers an insider's view of the defining political moments of our time. From Gandhi's impact on African Americans, white supremacists in Congress, and the assassination of Malcolm X to Rustin's never-before published essays on Louis Farrakhan, affirmative action, and the call for gay rights, Time on Two Crosses chronicles five decades of Bayard Rustin's commitment to justice and equality.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 6, 2022 |
Unreasonable: Black Lives, Police Power, and the Fourth Amendment by Devon W Carbado is a clear and concise analysis of just one aspect, albeit a major one, of how the law (in this case the Constitution) is interpreted and applied in such a way as to empower police to maintain a white supremacist state.

The power of this volume is a combination of clear explanations of both law and specific cases (real and hypothetical) as well as the methodical approach to walking through the various subtleties in applying law to real life. This will engage both your analytical mind and, one hopes, your basic personhood.

As a (mostly yet always perceived as) white male I know that many of the situations explored would not happen to me. I have been stopped for traffic violations and either let go with a warning or given a ticket and sent on my way. Other than a glance into my car when my door was approached my vehicles and my person have never been searched at these stops. I have had friends who are Black or Brown in the same locales who have been detained for anywhere from 30 minutes to actually being brought into the station for infractions just like mine. The differences in those cases are similar to the ones discussed in this book.

As I've said in many of my reviews, this book should make a white reader uncomfortable. If we are honest with ourselves we know that we have received preferential treatment on many more than one or two occasions. You don't have to feel you're being accused of anything, you may not be fully aware or conscious of your privilege, but it is indeed there. Read this book to both educate yourself about how law can be twisted to serve injustice rather than justice as well as to make you more aware of how different our society can be for different members based on not only race but gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, and many other elements of what makes a person a person.

Highly recommended for anyone wanting to gain a better and more detailed understanding of why the phrase "just don't break the law and you won't get stopped" is nothing more than either ignorance or a dog whistle. If you want to understand the how and why of basic police contact escalating for no reason other than police aggression, this will show you how our court system has enabled and even encouraged it.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
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pomo58 | Feb 14, 2022 |
What I appreciate most about Rustin is his insistence on the intersectionality of all human rights and justice movements. He focuses not only on overturning racism and prejudice but also the systemic causes of injustice and disparity in the US and around the world. His take on many issues is still relevant today.
 
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shannonkearns | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 27, 2011 |

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