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""Caitlin Reed Wiesner demonstrates that Black girls and women were not only victims of gender violence within their communities but were also abandoned by the state when they sought justice. In this intersection, Black women anti-rape activists worked to restore the lives and dignity of Black girls and women by enveloping them in care while opposing rape reform’s march toward mass incarceration. Insightful and engaging, Between the Street and the State is an impressive achievement that significantly reshapes our understanding of how racism and sexual violence intersect while highlighting the courageous battles fought by Black women activists against these issues."" * Kidada E. Williams, author of I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction * ""In her deeply researched and deftly argued new book, Caitlin Reed Wiesner reveals how Black feminists contested sexual harm and state violence in the final decades of the twentieth century. Through tactics of subversion, diversion, and resistance, these activists privileged care and healing over the punitive, carceral solutions increasingly endorsed by policymakers and other activists during the ‘post–civil rights’ era. Illuminating and elegantly written, Between the Street and the State makes vital contributions to carceral studies, women’s history, and African American studies, and it invites us to envision a world without interpersonal or state violence."" * Paul Renfro, author of The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America * ""Between the Street and the State is a compelling analysis of anti-rape activism in the contemporary United States. A wide array of evidence, including interviews with Black feminists in the post–civil rights era, allows Caitlin Reed Wiesner to amplify voices that have otherwise been stifled in the historical record. By centering the ideologies, strategies, and voices of Black women—as victims, feminists, and critics of state interventions—Wiesner provides significant contributions to the fields of women’s history and critical legal studies. Now, more than ever, understanding the activism of the past can help sustain the ongoing struggle to care for women and fight against rape."" * Dawn Rae Flood, Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth, and the Courts *

""Caitlin Reed Wiesner demonstrates that Black girls and women were not only victims of gender violence within their communities but were also abandoned by the state when they sought justice. In this intersection, Black women anti-rape activists worked to restore the lives and dignity of Black girls and women by enveloping them in care while opposing rape reform's march toward mass incarceration. Insightful and engaging, Between the Street and the State is an impressive achievement that significantly reshapes our understanding of how racism and sexual violence intersect while highlighting the courageous battles fought by Black women activists against these issues."" (Kidada E. Williams, author of I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction) ""In her deeply researched and deftly argued new book, Caitlin Reed Wiesner reveals how Black feminists contested sexual harm and state violence in the final decades of the twentieth century. Through tactics of subversion, diversion, and resistance, these activists privileged care and healing over the punitive, carceral solutions increasingly endorsed by policymakers and other activists during the 'post–civil rights' era. Illuminating and elegantly written, Between the Street and the State makes vital contributions to carceral studies, women's history, and African American studies, and it invites us to envision a world without interpersonal or state violence."" (Paul Renfro, author of The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America) ""Between the Street and the State is a compelling analysis of anti-rape activism in the contemporary United States. A wide array of evidence, including interviews with Black feminists in the post–civil rights era, allows Caitlin Reed Wiesner to amplify voices that have otherwise been stifled in the historical record. By centering the ideologies, strategies, and voices of Black women—as victims, feminists, and critics of state interventions—Wiesner provides significant contributions to the fields of women's history and critical legal studies. Now, more than ever, understanding the activism of the past can help sustain the ongoing struggle to care for women and fight against rape."" (Dawn Rae Flood, Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth, and the Courts)

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Caitlin Reed Wiesner is Assistant Professor of History at Mercy University.

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