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The New Black History

Revisiting the Second Reconstruction

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Critical Black Studies (CBL)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction: Black Intellectuals and the World They Made

  3. Disrupting Regional Boundaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. The Pressures of the People

      • Lisa Yvette Waller
      Pages 35-52
    3. The Campus and the Street

      • Donna Murch
      Pages 53-66
  4. Transnational Dimensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Spokesman of the Oppressed?

      • Rebeccah Welch
      Pages 69-89
    3. Black Crusaders

      • Robeson Taj Frazier
      Pages 91-98
    4. Peace Was the Glue

      • Brenda Gayle Plummer
      Pages 99-121
    5. The Congress of African People

      • Robeson Taj Frazier
      Pages 135-153
  5. Disrupting Internal Boundaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
    2. Waiting Till the Midnight Hour

      • Peniel E. Joseph
      Pages 157-168
    3. Revolution in Babylon

      • Peniel E. Joseph
      Pages 169-193
    4. Protection or Path Toward Revolution?

      • Simon Wendt
      Pages 195-209
    5. The Black Bolsheviks

      • Elizabeth Kai Hinton
      Pages 211-228
  6. Struggling for Community Control and Autonomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
    2. Septima Clark

      • Stephen Lazar
      Pages 231-241
    3. Harambee Nation

      • Nishani Frazier
      Pages 243-266

About this book

The New Black History anthology presents cutting-edge scholarship on key issues that define African American politics, life, and culture, especially during the Civil Rights and Black Power eras. The volume includes articles by both established scholars and a rising generation of young scholars.

Reviews

'A wide range of notable scholars, mainly historians, authored these 16 essays focusing primarily upon changing notions of the black freedom movement of the 1950s-60s. Diverse essays range from the origins of the Black Panther Party in Oakland to the influence of Black Power on Asian American radicalism and radical black labor organizing in the Detroit auto industry. Recommended.' CHOICE

'This wide-ranging collection of essays affirms the profound national and global influence of the postwar black freedom movement, while also illuminating local struggles, radical movements, and hitherto under-researched efforts by activists to pursue black power agendas within the context of anti-poverty programs. Scholars of the movement will find this an informative, eye-opening and provocative book.' - Kevin K. Gaines, Robert Hayden Collegiate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan

'Manning Marable was one of the most talented and prolific scholars of the Black experience since W.E.B. DuBois. He was also one of the most generous. It is therefore a fitting legacy that his posthumous volume, co-edited with Elizabeth Kai Hinton, offers a platform for an amazing roster of scholars to present their work. This book is eclectic and engaging and provides an excellent teaching tool for courses on the twentieth century Black Freedom Movement.' -Barbara Ransby, professor of African American studies, history, and gender and women's studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

'An indispensable collection of cutting edge scholarship on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. These young historians unsettle conventional wisdom and make us look at the last half century in fresh and original ways.' - Martha Biondi, African American studies, Northwestern University, and author of The Black Revolution on Campus (2012)

About the authors

MANNING MARABLE has been Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York City, USA.

PENIEL JOSEPH Professor of History at Tufts University, USA.

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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