With My People: Life, Justice, and Activism Beyond the University

With My People

By Jonathan Pulphus. Tells the story of the author’s journey toward justice after Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. Suggests how should students organize by bringing together ethnography and notes on community-building, taking readers on a yearlong journey from the front lines of Ferguson to undergraduate campus life at Saint Louis University. Using the author’s account of events and notes to students, reveals how youth can navigate setbacks to resist state violence and create opportunities for justice to prevail. Learn more.