When I Rise Up: How the Big Five Shaped San Francisco

When I Rise Up: How the Big Five Shaped San Francisco traces the story of Black women's leadership and political organizing in Bayview Hunters Point, a neighborhood in the southeastern corner of San Francisco. Written in a narrative style that reflects the powerful storytelling of the protagonists, the book reframes the story of the city, showing how the political, geographic, and racial margins are central, and how the production of geography—actually changing the shape of the city—can be ...