“Can I Live?” Examines Black Women’s Lives in America
February 15, 2019 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Feminism & Gender Studies Race & LawSandra Bland, who died in prison after being arrested for a traffic violation. Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a seven-year-old shot and killed by police during a raid. Renisha McBride, shot and killed by a homeowner when she knocked on the door of a house. Black women in America have lost their lives, and have been subjected to other horrific injustices, just as men have been. Yet America does not often remember their names.
