
Not only a memoir, but a vital piece of education and an emphatic call to arms to fight against police brutality, institutionalized racism and anti-blackness at all costs * * The List * * Her concise narrative is as unapologetic as the famous hashtag she coined, and offers at once cadenced poetry, intellectual analysis, determined polemic and imagery as unflinching as photography * * Times Literary Supplement * *Ī powerful, self-critical, and intimate portrait of how organising for social change can look in the 21st century * * Gal-Dem * * This is Patrisse Khan-Cullors' magnificent accomplishment with When They Call You a Terrorist.

There are some who believe it is possible to infuse empathy into the heart of America. I couldn't recommend it more highly - Shirley Manson * * Independent * * This humility, alongside her exceptional commitment to social justice, provides the greatest cause for optimism in this harrowing and yet uplifting account - Musa Okwonga * * New Statesman * *Ī stunning memoir but also a beautifully articulated letter of protest and outrage. Khan-Cullors is careful to hold herself to account. Tackling the whole gamut (racism, economics, freedom, sexuality, mental health, familial love, sisterhood and beyond), this is the portrait of modern America we should all be buying * * Emerald Street * * An empowering account of strength, resilience and bravery * * Elle magazine * *
