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