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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817795303321

Autore

Fredrickson George M. <1934-2008.>

Titolo

Black liberation : 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

0-19-771182-0

1-280-45322-2

0-19-802235-2

1-4237-4130-7

1-60256-154-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

973/.0496073

Soggetti

Civil rights movements - United States - History

Civil rights movements - South Africa - History

African Americans - Politics and government

Blacks - South Africa - Politics and government

Pan-Africanism - History

Black nationalism - United States - History

Black nationalism - South Africa - History

United States Race relations

South Africa Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

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

Focusing on the efforts of African Americans and South African blacks to combat white domination in society, this study begins in the 1860s, following the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War, and ends with the conclusion of apartheid in South Africa.