Engines of the Black Power Movement (Paperback)

James L. Conyers

ISBN 10: 0786425407 / ISBN 13: 9780786425402

Published by McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC, 2006

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Paperback. The decade of the 1960s was an era of protest in America, and strides toward racial equality were among the most profound effects of the challenges to America's status quo. But have civil rights for African Americans been furthered, or even maintained, in the four decades since the Civil Rights movement began? To a certain extent, the movement is popularly perceived as having regressed, with the real issues tabled or hidden. With a view to assessing losses and gains, this collection of 17 essays examines the evolution and perception of the African American civil rights movement from its inception through today. With a view to assessing losses and gains, this collection of 17 essays examines the evolution and perception of the African-American civil rights movement from its inception through today. Essays from the Black Power perspective describe the artistic and political impetus that drove the social process of self-determination. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engines of the Black Power Movement (Paperback)
• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786425407
• ISBN 13: 9780786425402
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The decade of the 1960s was an era of protest in America, and strides toward racial equality were among the most profound effects of the challenges to America's status quo. But have civil rights for African Americans been furthered, or even maintained, in the four decades since the Civil Rights movement began? To a certain extent, the movement is popularly perceived as having regressed, with the real issues tabled or hidden.

With a view to assessing losses and gains, this collection of 17 essays examines the evolution and perception of the African American civil rights movement from its inception through today.

About the Author

The late James L. Conyers, Jr., winner of the Cheikh Anta Diop Ankh Award for Distinguished Research in the Discipline of African American Studies, was the director of the African American Studies Program and university professor of African American Studies at the University of Houston.