We shall overcome to we shall overrun : the collapse of the civil rights movement and the black power revolt (1962-1968) / Hettie V. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Hettie V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 110 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2009]

Summary:

We Shall Overcome to We Shall Overrun uses the metaphor of a nervous breakdown to critique the collapse of the American Civil Rights Movement from a historical perspective. Focusing on the years 1962 to 1968, using a topical chronological approach, this work seeks to discuss the major organizations and personalities central to the African American freedom struggle in the 1960s with an emphasis on the debate over the meaning, the means, and the attainment of 'black power.' The five major national groups that made up the civil rights coalition ultimately divided and "broke-down" as concerns of strategy and methodology were compounded by questions of black identity. A nuanced interpretive psycho-intellectual history such as this seeks to redefine our understanding of the American Civil Rights Movement altogether.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Black Power? 11

Chapter 2 The Ceremony of Innocence 27

Chapter 3 The Devil is White 43

Chapter 4 You Can't Say Black Power! 59

Chapter 5 The Panther is a Black Cat 81

Chapter 6 The Dream Deferred 91.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [99]-108) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

Storage copy has MS. notes by Sheldon Hackney at end.

ISBN:

9780761843535

0761843531

OCLC:

319063896