@article{browdy_2018, title={Patrisse Khan-Cullors's and When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir: storytelling as Black feminist counter-attack on mis-labelling of Black identity #BlackLivesMatter: Pasts, Presents, and Futures}, volume={40}, ISSN={["1743-9426"]}, DOI={10.1080/01440357.2019.1656395}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT In this essay, I analyze co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement Patrisse Khan-Cullors’s herstory as shared in her book (coauthored with Asha Bandele) When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. Drawing on Black feminist rhetorical scholarship, I consider how Khan-Cullors utilizes storytelling as a counter-attack to the misnaming of her identity as a “terrorist.” In particular, I consider how she employs storytelling to re-establish her ethos in ways that resist the “terrorist” label; contextualizes her personal narrative to provide insight into the long-term misnaming of Black identity; creates space for under-represented Black lived experiences; and engages the issue via multi-purposed storytelling to prompt social action and change. My purpose is to consider how labels like “terrorist” contribute to the devaluing of Black lives, while arguing for ways storytelling offers opportunities for Black women activists like Khan-Cullors to challenge these labels and affirm Black humanity.}, number={1-2}, journal={PROSE STUDIES-HISTORY THEORY CRITICISM}, author={Browdy, Ronisha}, year={2018}, pages={15–39} }