No Human Involved Author Event

It is time for Black women's lives to matter, not ony to their families and communities but especially to those commissioned to protect them!!!! If you are a reader of true crime, an activist, an academic or have interest in Women's History or Black History this event is for you.

We are excited for author Cheryl Neely to return to Source Booksellers with her new book No Human Involved: The Serial M**der of Black Women and Girlds and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference. Join for a rich conversation between Cheryl Neely and Andrea Ritchie, author of Practicing New Worlds :Abolition and Emergent Stratgies and Invisible No More.

To join: There are few and book tickets at this link. Let us know if you plan to attend and would like to join the booksigning line via the ticket. We welcome the commuity to join in store and will have books availble in store the day of the event.

About the Book

An urgent examination of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, and the lack of police intervention and media coverage
When Black women and girls are targeted and murdered their cases are often categorized by police officers as “N.H.I.” – “No Humans Involved.” Dehumanized and invisible to the public eye, they are rarely seen as victims. In the United States, Black women are killed at a higher rate than any other group of women, but their victimhood is not covered by the media and their cases do not receive an adequate level of urgency.
Utilizing intensive historical research of cases in cities such as Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angles, Cheryl Neely calls attention to serial cases of Black female M**der victims and a lack of police action. Neely approaches each case and story with detailed care. Instead of focusing solely on the killings and the murderers, she highlights the lives of the women and girls and their communities that never stopped fighting for justice. With media neglect and police indifference, Neely argues that because law enforcement is less likely to conduct serious investigations into the disappearances and homicides of Black women, they are particularly vulnerable to become victims.

About the Author

Cheryl L. Neely is a sociology professor at Oakland Community College in Royal Oak, Michigan where she teaches courses in Sociology and Criminology. She is the author of You're Dead―So What?: Media, Police, and the Invisibility of Black Women as Victims of Homicide, which won the Gold Medal Midwest Book Award in 2016.

in conversation with Andrea Ritchie

Andrea J. Ritchie is a Black lesbian immigrant survivor who has been documenting, organizing, advocating, litigating, and agitating around policing and criminalization of Black women, girls, trans, and gender nonconforming people for the past four decades. She is cofounder of Interrupting Criminalization and the In Our Names Network, a network of over 20 organizations working to end police violence against Black women, girls, trans and gender nonconforming people. In these capacities and through the Community Resource Hub, she works with dozens of groups across the country organizing to divest from policing and invest in strategies that will create safer communities. She is a nationally recognized researcher, policy analyst, and expert on policing and criminalization. Ritchie lives in Detroit, Michigan.

“Cheryl Neely argues convincingly that law enforcement’s systematic disregard for Black girls and women leaves them vulnerable to serial killers. She writes with great care for victims and their families and issues a call to action for increased awareness, education, and efforts to combat all forms of gender violence. This essential and heartrending book is a must-read for anyone concerned about justice in America.”
—Kidada E. Williams, author of I Saw Death Coming
“This timely book contributes to our understanding of contemporary Black women’s and girls’ alarming homicide rates, Black criminalization, and police indifference, laying bare the horrific consequences of societal neglect. With painstaking care, Cheryl Neely presents a compelling documentation of women’s murders yet goes beyond narratives of death, piecing together victims’ lesser-known stories of family and community.”
—LaShawn Harris, author of Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black Women in New York City’s Underground Economy

Event Venue

Source Booksellers, 4240 Cass Avenue, Detroit, United States