Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People

History and Memory
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-230-11215-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 191 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3648 g

Reihe: Contemporary Black History

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simanga, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Born Into The Storm 2. Black Power 3. Founding Of The Congress Of African People. Emergence Of Amiri Baraka As Political Leader 4. The Black Arts Movement And And The Congress Of African People 5. Ideology And Ideological Development 6. Maulana Karenga – Imamu Baraka And Kawaida 7. Amina Baraka And The Women Of The Congress Of African People 8. Revolutionary Kawaida 9. The Congress Of African People And The United Front 10. Transition To Marxism 11. Black Marxist-Leninists-New Communist Movement 12. Transformed 13. Lessons References

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Simanga holds a doctorate in African American Studies from the Union Institute and University, USA and teaches in the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University. He is the author of the novel In the Shadow of the Son (1998) and co-editor of 44 on 44 (2011).