No ashes in the fire : coming of age black & free in America /
Moore, Darnell L., 1976-
No ashes in the fire : coming of age black & free in America / Darnell L. Moore - First trade paperback edition - vii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes reading group guide
Includes bibliographical references
Passage -- Ripples -- Magic -- Touch -- Run -- Unbecoming -- Return -- Lessons
As a teenager, Moore was tall and awkward and constantly bullied for being gay. And one afternoon three boys from his neighborhood doused him with gasoline and tried lighting a match. What happens to the black boys who come of age in neglected, poor, heavily policed, and economically desperate cities that the War on Drugs and mass incarceration have created? It wasn't until Darnell was pushed into the spotlight at a Newark rally after the murder of a young queer woman that he became a leading organizer with Black Lives Matter, a movement that recognized him and insisted that his life mattered. Here Moore gives voice to the rich, varied experiences of all those who survive on the edges of the margins. -- Provided by publisher
9781568589404 1568589409
Moore, Darnell L., 1976-
African American gay men--United States--Biography
African American political activists--United States--Biography
Black lives matter movement--Biography
Autobiographies.
No ashes in the fire : coming of age black & free in America / Darnell L. Moore - First trade paperback edition - vii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes reading group guide
Includes bibliographical references
Passage -- Ripples -- Magic -- Touch -- Run -- Unbecoming -- Return -- Lessons
As a teenager, Moore was tall and awkward and constantly bullied for being gay. And one afternoon three boys from his neighborhood doused him with gasoline and tried lighting a match. What happens to the black boys who come of age in neglected, poor, heavily policed, and economically desperate cities that the War on Drugs and mass incarceration have created? It wasn't until Darnell was pushed into the spotlight at a Newark rally after the murder of a young queer woman that he became a leading organizer with Black Lives Matter, a movement that recognized him and insisted that his life mattered. Here Moore gives voice to the rich, varied experiences of all those who survive on the edges of the margins. -- Provided by publisher
9781568589404 1568589409
Moore, Darnell L., 1976-
African American gay men--United States--Biography
African American political activists--United States--Biography
Black lives matter movement--Biography
Autobiographies.