Book contents
- Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice
- Contemporary Social Issues
- Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Civic Actions with a Purpose
- 3 Changemaking in Non-Black School Spaces
- 4 Identity and Changemaking
- 5 Launching Points
- 6 Families and Young Black Changemaking
- 7 Organizations and Black Youth Agency
- 8 Summer 2020
- 9 Freedom Dreaming
- Book part
- References
- Index
2 - Civic Actions with a Purpose
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2024
- Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice
- Contemporary Social Issues
- Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Civic Actions with a Purpose
- 3 Changemaking in Non-Black School Spaces
- 4 Identity and Changemaking
- 5 Launching Points
- 6 Families and Young Black Changemaking
- 7 Organizations and Black Youth Agency
- 8 Summer 2020
- 9 Freedom Dreaming
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
Young Black changemakers are civic actors with purpose. Their changemaking is aimed at long-term, big picture visions for a racially just future. Changemaking is not fleeting or spontaneous, but rather thoughtful and purposeful. Changemaking for racial justice is a big tent, and within it, Black youth have different visions for changemaking that can improve the world for Black people, ranging from resisting and seeking to change unjust systems to uplifting Black youth and communities now and into the future. Black youth are not siloed into one domain of civic action or one way of changemaking. Instead, there are overlaps and complexities across the ways of changemaking, underscoring that each young Black changemaker is charting their own path.
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- Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice , pp. 15 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024