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Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People : history and memory / Michael Simanga.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Simanga, M., Author.
Series:
Contemporary Black history.
Contemporary Black History
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
Baraka, Amiri.
Simanga, Michael, 1954-.
Simanga, Michael.
Congress of African Peoples--History.
Congress of African Peoples.
Black power--United States--History--20th century.
Black power.
African American political activists--Biography.
African American political activists.
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
African Americans.
National liberation movements--United States--History--20th century.
National liberation movements.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages).
Edition:
1st ed. 2015.
Place of Publication:
New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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.
Contents:
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
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781349294299
1349294292
9781137080653
1137080655
OCLC:
903142569

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