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Social Movements and the Law: Talking About Black Lives Matter

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February 20, 2024

Haub Law Professor Bridget Crawford鈥檚 forthcoming book, , co-authored with Lolita Buckner Inniss, Dean and Professor, University of Colorado Law School, will be published by the University of California Press.

Black Lives Matter and are two of the most prominent social movements of the U.S. in the twenty-first century. On the ground and on social media, in reality and virtuality, more people have taken an active stance in support of either or both movements than almost any other in the country鈥檚 history. Social Movements and the Law brings together the voices of twelve scholars and public intellectuals to explore how Black Lives Matter and #MeToo unfolded鈥攕eparately and together鈥攁nd how they enrich, inform, and complicate each other.

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