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The Shaping of Black Identities : Redefining the Generations Through the Legacy of Race and Culture / Jimmie R. Hawkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawkins, Jimmie R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- Social change--United States.
- Social change.
- Generations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- The Shaping of Black Identities turns the traditional generational groupings on their head through an examination of Black life, culture, and the struggle for racial justice in the United States. With attention to six generations of Blacks, this book speaks to the active, liberative, and distinct historical attempt to define the self.
- Contents:
- African American generations 1900-2020
- New Negro Generation (Greatest Generation): 1900-1924: ages 96-120 years
- Motown Generation (Silent Generation): 1925-1945: Ages 75-95 years
- Black Power Generation (Baby Boomers): 1946-1964
- Ages 56-74 years
- Hip-Hop Generation (Generation X): 1965-1980: Ages 40-55 years
- #BlackLivesMatter Generation (Millenials): 1981-1996: Ages 24-39 years
- Obama Generation (Generation Z): 1997-2020: Ages 1-23 years.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781646984169
- 1646984161
- OCLC:
- 1499719012
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