In Conversation with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder #BlackLivesMatter

By LARB Radio HourJune 7, 2020

In Conversation with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder #BlackLivesMatter
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In light of the nation-wide public uprising that followed the murder of George Floyd, we return to Patrisse Cullors, author of When They Call You a Terrorist: a Black Lives Matter Memoir. At the 2018 Lambda LitFest, Patrisse spoke with host Eric Newman about her activism, the philosophy that undergirds #BlackLivesMatter and how queer writers and activists from the 1960s and 1970s continue to shape her political vision and practice. While Cullors celebrates recent victories against police brutality and the prison system in Los Angeles, she also gives the audience inspiration for fighting back on what was then the eve of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

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The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.

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