The 2020 global pandemic further underscored the need for justice and visibility for Black women. When unarmed, Breonna Taylor was killed by police, her story seemingly went unnoticed for months. This collection pays homage to her life, reclaims hope and celebrates the importance of Black women from a multidisciplinary persecutive.

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Angela Y. Douglas (MPA, Georgia State University) is a practitioner-activist and seasoned political scientist. Formerly an elected official and collegiate educator, Douglas works as a public engagement and community development strategist in private practice. She has published book chapters and speaks on rural politics, social justice, and US governance. Emmanuel D. Harris II, PhD from Washington Univ. in St. Louis, where he was a Chancellor's Fellow. A Professor of Spanish at the Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington, he also instructs classes in Africana Studies. The English translator of the Afro-Peruvian novel Malambo (2005), Harris co-edited The Trayvon Martin in US: An American Tragedy (2015).

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Acknowledgements - List of Illustrations - Introduction: Breonna Taylor and Me: Black Women, Racial Justice, and Reclaiming Hope - Emmanuel Harris II: Breonna Taylor Matters: We Remember Her Name - Athena M. King: Ignored, but Essential: The Relationship of Black Women to the U.S. Political Zeitgeist - Aaron Treadwell: Total War: The Justification of Lynching Black Women - Bisola A. Wald: Witch Hunts, Lynchings, and No-Knock Raids upon the Black Female Body: White American Mores, Social Order, and Safety - Julia A. Lynch: Breathe and Grieve: Reconciled Voices of Black Women Teachers in Critical Movements -Tiffany Lane: Social Workers Must Stay in the Room: The Experiences of a Black Woman Scholar Prior to and Beyond the 2020 Summer of Racial Reckoning - Emmanuel Harris II: The afroamor in the 2020 Writings of Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro: Afrofeministamente and Other Reaffirmations of a People - Kimberly Eison Simmons: Centering Blackness: Reflections on the Summer of 2020 - Keryn G. Vickers: The Groundwater Approach to Breonna Taylor and Others: Systematic Racism and African Americans - Sheka Houston/Tammy Taylor: A Legacy of Hope: Changing the Narrative for Black Girls (Who Become Black Women) - Angela Y. Douglas: Disrespected and Devalued: A Common American Experience for Black Women -Louis L. Woods: For Black Girls Who Grow Up Too Quickly: An Open Letter to My Daughters - Cristina Cabral: Sororidad, resiliencia y cimarronaje: Breonna Taylor en el context hispano de la mujer negra - Sabrina T. Cherry: Breonna Taylor: Reclaiming Hope, Joy, and Community in the Midst of Tragedy - Notes on Contributors.