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Published in response to the #SayHerName movement, an eye-opening, intersectional account of how women of color are uniquely impacted by policing and state-sanctioned violence Amid the growing public awareness of police violence, individual black men including Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castile, and Freddie Gray have been the focus of most media-driven narratives. Yet Black women and women of color including Sandra Antor, Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Lee Circle Bear, Rosann Miller, and Alesia Thomas also face the daily possibility of being killed during routine traffic stops or mental health check-ins. Invisible No More is the first book to fully center Black women and women of color within conversations about racial profiling and policing, revealing a movement that has been building largely in the shadows of mainstream campaigns for racial justice and police accountability. Informed by more than twenty years of research, litigation, and advocacy, civil rights attorney Andrea Ritchie offers analysis and examples to inform organizing and policy. This groundbreaking work demands a sea change in how racialized police violence is understood by mainstream media, policymakers, academics, researchers, and the general public."