Black Power and the American People
The Cultural Legacy of Black Radicalism
Black Power and the American People
The Cultural Legacy of Black Radicalism
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While the history of the non-violent Civil Rights Movement, from Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King, is one of the great American stories of the twentieth century, the related Black Power movement has taken a more complex path through the nation's history. Formed by a multitude of individuals, the long history of the Black Power movement stretches before and beyond its political manifestations.
Beginning with the folk-narratives told on the plantation, Black Power and the American People charts a course through the iconoclasm of the Harlem Renaissance, the battleground of the American campus, the struggle and skill of the Negro Leagues, the drama of the boxing ring, the killing fields of Vietnam and the cold concrete of the penitentiary, right up to the Black Lives Matter movement of the present day. Tracing these connected cultural expressions through time, Black Power and the American People explores the profound legacy of Black Power from its earliest roots to its most futuristic manifestations, its long history in American culture and its profound influence on the American imagination.
Table of Contents
1. Hotheads and Demagogues: What is Black Power?
2. Why Black Power?
3. A Nation of Militants?
4. 'Dramas-of-Aggression': Black Power in Sports
5. Behind Bars and Under Fire
6. Chariots to the Stars
7. Culture from the Midnight Hour
Conclusion The Long History of Black Power
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 07 Apr 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 376 |
| ISBN | 9780755638109 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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