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The night Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union : a transatlantic story of antiracial protest / / Stephen Tuck ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates



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Autore: Tuck Stephen G. N. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The night Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union : a transatlantic story of antiracial protest / / Stephen Tuck ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina: 323.09416
Soggetto topico: Civil rights movements - History - 20th century
Anti-racism - England - Oxford - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: 20th century american history
african americans
american history
american racism
assassination
black advocacy
black power
british race relations
british students
civic
civil rights activist
civil rights movement
empire
global struggle
great britain
history
human rights activist
immigration
inequality
international politics
international
malcolm x.
oxford
politics
race militancy
racial equality
radical politics
revolt
revolution
revolutionaries
segregated housing
student rights
united kingdom
Persona (resp. second.): GatesHenry Louis, Jr.
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: A Black Revolutionary Meets Historic Oxford -- 1. A Life of Travel and Discovery: Malcolm X, 1925 - 1964 -- 2. Oxford, Britain, and Race, 1870 - 1964 -- 3. Antiracism Protests in Oxford, 1956 - 1964 -- 4. The Debate, December 3, 1964 -- 5. After the Debate, 1964 - 1968 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Less than three months before he was assassinated, Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union-the most prestigious student debating organization in the United Kingdom. The Oxford Union regularly welcomed heads of state and stars of screen and served as the training ground for the politically ambitious offspring of Britain's "better classes." Malcolm X, by contrast, was the global icon of race militancy. For many, he personified revolution and danger. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the debate, this book brings to life the dramatic events surrounding the visit, showing why Oxford invited Malcolm X, why he accepted, and the effect of the visit on Malcolm X and British students. Stephen Tuck tells the human story behind the debate and also uses it as a starting point to discuss larger issues of Black Power, the end of empire, British race relations, immigration, and student rights. Coinciding with a student-led campaign against segregated housing, the visit enabled Malcolm X to make connections with radical students from the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia, giving him a new perspective on the global struggle for racial equality, and in turn, radicalizing a new generation of British activists. Masterfully tracing the reverberations on both sides of the Atlantic, Tuck chronicles how the personal transformation of the dynamic American leader played out on the international stage.
Titolo autorizzato: The night Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95998-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826956103321
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