Agitations

The political scientist Kevin R. Anderson of Eastern Illinois University has written a brilliant conceptual analysis of African American political thought that relates how three of these ideological systems have structured the organizational response strategies of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLS), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). To undertake this pioneering analysis, Anderson brings to political philosophy and theory a bold and innovative new concept of his own: “political agitations.” Beside this unique concept is the author's effort to get beyond the mere coherent and logical organization of these three ideologies, a discussion of their similar and different characteristics, and an interpretation that discusses their strengths and weaknesses. The author shows that the NAACP, the SCLC, and SNCC literally acted on their ideological world views. Around ideology, the organizations developed a strategy to uplift the African American community. Simply put, each ideology led to a particular form of “political agitation

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