None of us are free until all of us are free

This study explores the impact of salient essays that have influenced the ways in which societies ideate Black lives and related liberation efforts. #BlackLivesMatter is contextualized and historically situated within the traditions of Black liberation theory, writing and freedom movements. #BlackLivesMatter, thus, has implication for how movements make the global local. In the current political moment, the significance of the Black radical thought, “None of Us Are Free until All of Us are Free,” is central.