The National Response to Richard M. Nixon's Black Capitalism Initiative
The Success of Domestic Detente
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7841753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Weems (0000-0002-1907-7804, University of Missouri, corresponding author), Lewis A Randolph (Ohio University) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-83 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193470103200104 |
| OpenAlex | W1971216658 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
Richard M. Nixon viewed an uncontrolled Black Power movement as a major threat to the internal security of the United States (during the late 1960s and early 1970s). To address this situation, Nixon developed his Black capitalism initiative as a domestic version of his widely publicized foreign policy initiative of detente (which sought to contain the power of the Soviet Union and China). Moreover, just as Nixon and Henry Kissinger linked concessions associated with detente to Soviet and Chinese behavior modification, the Nixon presidency offered African Americans the notion of Black capitalism as an incentive to move away from the notion of Baby Bum (Ambrose, 1989, pp. 125-126). Besides briefly examining the nuances of Nixon's Black capitalism initiative, this article will focus on the national discourse generated by this political maneuver. The evidence suggests that although Nixon did not achieve his institutional goals (campaign promises) related to Black capitalism, he did, indeed, achieve his larger ideological goal of subverting African American radicalism
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