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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449775103321

Autore

Fredrickson George M. <1934-2008.>

Titolo

Black liberation [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative history of Black ideologies in the United States and South Africa / / George M. Fredrickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

1-280-45322-2

0-19-802235-2

1-4237-4130-7

1-60256-154-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

973/.0496073

Soggetti

Civil rights movements - United States - History

Civil rights movements - South Africa - History

African Americans - Politics and government

Black people - South Africa - Politics and government

Pan-Africanism - History

Black nationalism - United States - History

Black nationalism - South Africa - History

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

South Africa Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. ""Palladium of the People's Liberties"": The Suffrage Question and the Origins of Black Protest; 2. ""Ethiopia Shall Stretch Forth Her Hands"": Black Christianity and the Politics of Liberation; 3. Protest of ""The Talented Tenth"": Black Elites and the Rise of Segregation; 4. ""Africa for the Africans"": Pan-Africanism and Black Populism, 1918-1930; 5. ""Self-Determination for Negroes"": Communists and Black Freedom Struggles, 1928-1948; 6. ""We Shall Not Be Moved"": Nonviolent Resistance to White Supremacy, 1940-1965

7. ""Black Man You Are on Your Own"": Black Power and Black



ConsciousnessEpilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

When George M. Fredrickson published White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History, he met universal acclaim. David Brion Davis, writing in The New York Times Book Review, called it ""one of the most brilliant and successful studies in comparative history ever written."" The book was honored with the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, the Merle Curti Award, and a jury nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. Now comes the sequel to that acclaimed work. In Black Liberation, George Fredrickson offers a fascinating account of how blacks in the United States and South Africa came to