Concrete Demands

The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century

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ID19916732
AuthorsRhonda Y Williams (corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages305
Publication date2014-11-27
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueConcrete Demands (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203122228
OpenAlexW4256510151
ISBN9780203122228
Open LibraryOL39243423M
LanguageEN
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Between the 1950s and 1970s, Black Power coalesced as activists advocated a more oppositional approach to fighting racial oppression, emphasizing racial pride, asserting black political, cultural, and economic autonomy, and challenging white power. In Concrete Demands, Rhonda Y. Williams provides a rich, deeply researched history that sheds new light on this important social and political movement, and shows that the era of expansive Black Power politics that emerged in the 1960s had long roots and diverse trajectories within the 20th century. Looking at the struggle from the grassroots level, Williams highlights the role of ordinary people as well as more famous historical actors, and demonstrates that women activists were central to Black Power. Vivid and highly readable, Concrete Demands is a perfect introduction to Black Power in the twentieth century for anyone interested in the history of black liberation movements

Geography · American Political and Social Dynamics · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Race, History, and American Society · 20th century · Activistes noirs américains · African American political activists · African American women political activists · African americans · Black power · Civil rights · Civil rights movements · Droits · Femmes activistes noires américaines · History · Human rights · Mouvements des droits de l'homme · Noirs américains · Political Freedom & Security · Political science · Politics and government · politics and government · race relations · Relations raciales · united states

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