Acknowledgements - List of Illustrations - Introduction: Breonna Taylor and Me: Black Women, Racial Justice, and Reclaiming Hope - Emmanuel Harris II: Breonna Taylor Matters: We Remember Her Name - Athena M. King: Ignored, but Essential: The Relationship of Black Women to the U.S. Political Zeitgeist - Aaron Treadwell: Total War: The Justification of Lynching Black Women - Bisola A. Wald: Witch Hunts, Lynchings, and No-Knock Raids upon the Black Female Body: White American Mores, Social Order, and Safety - Julia A. Lynch: Breathe and Grieve: Reconciled Voices of Black Women Teachers in Critical Movements -Tiffany Lane: Social Workers Must Stay in the Room: The Experiences of a Black Woman Scholar Prior to and Beyond the 2020 Summer of Racial Reckoning - Emmanuel Harris II: The afroamor in the 2020 Writings of Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro: Afrofeministamente and Other Reaffirmations of a People - Kimberly Eison Simmons: Centering Blackness: Reflections on the Summer of 2020 - Keryn G. Vickers: The Groundwater Approach to Breonna Taylor and Others: Systematic Racism and African Americans - Sheka Houston/Tammy Taylor: A Legacy of Hope: Changing the Narrative for Black Girls (Who Become Black Women) - Angela Y. Douglas: Disrespected and Devalued: A Common American Experience for Black Women -Louis L. Woods: For Black Girls Who Grow Up Too Quickly: An Open Letter to My Daughters - Cristina Cabral: Sororidad, resiliencia y cimarronaje: Breonna Taylor en el context hispano de la mujer negra - Sabrina T. Cherry: Breonna Taylor: Reclaiming Hope, Joy, and Community in the Midst of Tragedy - Notes on Contributors.