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In the speeches and articles collected in this book, the black
activist, organizer, and freedom fighter Stokely Carmichael traces
the dramatic changes in his own consciousness and that of black
Americans that took place during the evolving movements of Civil
Rights, Black Power, and Pan-Africanism. Unique in his belief that
the destiny of African Americans could not be separated from that
of oppressed people the world over, Carmichael's Black Power
principles insisted that blacks resist white brainwashing and
redefine themselves. He was concerned not only with racism and
exploitation, but with cultural integrity and the colonization of
Africans in America. In these essays on racism, Black Power, the
pitfalls of conventional liberalism, and solidarity with the
oppressed masses and freedom fighters of all races and creeds,
Carmichael addresses questions that still confront the black world
and points to a need for an ideology of black and African
liberation, unification, and transformation.
From the prison farms and lynch mobs of Mississippi to the
political intrigue of the African liberation wars, Stokely
Carmichael's remarkable life story covers the full range of the
black liberation struggle in our time. Carmichael recounts his
development from immigrant kid to impassioned activist in his own
unmistakeable voice - clear, informed and good humoured. He also
reveals his encounters with other freedom fighters. This is a
fascinating personal testimony of a supremely committed black
freedom fighter and a radical and engaging human being.
The now legendary Dialectics of Liberation congress, held in London
in 1967, was a unique expression of the politics of dissent.
Existential psychiatrists, Marxist intellectuals, anarchists, and
political leaders met to discuss key social issues. Edited by David
Cooper, The Dialectics of Liberation compiles interventions from
congress contributors Stokely Carmichael, Herbert Marcuse, R. D.
Laing, Paul Sweezy, and others, to explore the roots of social
violence. Against a backdrop of rising student frustration, racism,
class inequality, and environmental degradation-a setting familiar
to readers today-the conference aimed to create genuine
revolutionary momentum by fusing ideology and action on the levels
of the individual and of mass society. The Dialectics of Liberation
captures the rise of a forceful style of political activity that
came to characterize the following years.
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of
African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the
early years of slavery to the end of the twentieth century. The
essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here,
contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and
Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important
controversies of each period of black history. The selections
represent a broad spectrum of ideology. Conservative, radical,
nationalistic, and integrationist approaches can be found in almost
every period, yet there have been striking shifts in the evolution
of social thought and activism. The editors judiciously illustrate
how both continuity and change affected the African-American
community in terms of its internal divisions, class structure,
migration, social problems, leadership, and protest movements. They
also show how gender, spirituality, literature, music, and
connections to Africa and the Caribbean played a prominent role in
black life and history.
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of
African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the
early years of slavery to the end of the twentieth century. The
essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here,
contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and
Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important
controversies of each period of black history. The selections
represent a broad spectrum of ideology. Conservative, radical,
nationalistic, and integrationist approaches can be found in almost
every period, yet there have been striking shifts in the evolution
of social thought and activism. The editors judiciously illustrate
how both continuity and change affected the African-American
community in terms of its internal divisions, class structure,
migration, social problems, leadership, and protest movements. They
also show how gender, spirituality, literature, music, and
connections to Africa and the Caribbean played a prominent role in
black life and history.
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