Revolutionaries to race leaders : Black power and the making of African American politics / Cedric Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Cedric, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

Black power--United States--History--20th century.

Black power.

Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

African American leadership--History--20th century.

African American leadership.

African American political activists--History--20th century.

African American political activists.

African American intellectuals--History--20th century.

African American intellectuals.

Revolutionaries--United States--History--20th century.

Revolutionaries.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the major political and intellectual currents from the Black Power era to the present, Cedric Johnson reveals how black political life conformed to liberal democratic capitalism and how the movement's most radical aims were eclipsed by more moderate aspirations.Documenting the historical retreat from democratic struggle, Revolutionaries to Race Leaders ultimately calls for the renewal of popular resistance and class-conscious politics.

Contents:

Introduction : all power to the people?

Black power and African American politics

The "Negro revolution" and Cold War America : revolutionary politics and racial conservatism in the work of Harold Cruse

Return of the native : Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), the new nationalism, and Black power politics

The convention strategy and conventional politics : the 1972 Gary convention and the limits of racial unity

From popular anti-imperialism to sectarianism : the African Liberation Day mobilizations and radical intellectuals

Radical departures : the National Black Political Assembly, the National Black Independent Political Party, and the struggle for alternatives

Conclusion : the ends of Black politics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5373-9

OCLC:

476125643