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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958967603321

Autore

Simanga M

Titolo

Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People : History and Memory / / by M. Simanga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

9781349294299

1349294292

9781137080653

1137080655

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages)

Collana

Contemporary Black History

Classificazione

HIS036060HIS037080SOC056000SOC001000

Disciplina

323.1196/0730904

Soggetti

United States - History

Civilization - History

Race

America - History

Social history

History, Modern

US History

Cultural History

Race and Ethnicity Studies

History of the Americas

Social History

Modern History

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

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Born into the Storm; 2 Black Power: Th e Context of CAP; 3 Th e Founding of CAP and Emergence of Amiri Baraka as a National Political Leader; 4 Th e Black Arts Movement and CAP; 5 Ideology and Ideological Development; 6 Maulana Karenga, Amiri Baraka, and Kawaida; 7 Amina Baraka and the Women in CAP; 8 Revolutionary Kawaida; 9 CAP and the United Front; 10 Transition to



Marxism; 11 Black Marxist-Leninists and the New Communist Movement; 12 Transformed; 13 Lessons

Appendix A: Organizations Represented at the Founding Meeting of the Congress of African PeopleAppendix B: Congress of African People Chapters in 1975; Appendix C: Programmatic Statement of Black Panther Party; Appendix D: Republic of New Africa Declaration of Independence-1968; Appendix E: Congress of African Peoples Ideological Statement-1970; Appendix F: National Black Agenda: Black Candidate Pledge 1972; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important look at CAP combines historical research and analysis with the author's first-hand experience with the organization, providing the first historical narrative of a consequential player in the Black Power Movement.