59 pages • 1 hour read
Brandy ColbertA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
While writing this book in 2020, Colbert reflects on how historians will view 2020 in 100 years and the tumultuous period of the pandemic and the protests against the police killings of innocent Black people like Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery by two white men. Colbert traces the history of the Black Lives Matter Movement, starting with the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and culminating in the “monumental” protests after the murder of George Floyd (195). She also explores the impact of the elections of 2016 and 2020 and the presidency of Donald J. Trump, culminating in the January 6 riot and raid of the Capitol by Trump supporters, a riot in which police did little to stop the mostly white mob.
Colbert states that much violence and instability results from people’s ignorance about history. Traumatic events like the Greenwood Massacre are difficult to confront, but it is still important to do so. Colbert states that to ignore the painful aspects of the past is disrespectful to those harmed and killed and to their descendants. This ignorance can also breed future violence.
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