Futures of Black Power : Reimagining the Black Past / edited by Anthony M. Donaldson, Jr. and Madison W. Cates ; foreword by William A. Link.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donaldson,, Anthony M., Jr, editor.

Cates, Madison W., editor.

Link, William A., writer of foreword.

Series:

Frontiers of the American South.

Frontiers of the American South Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black power--United States.

Black power.

African Americans--History--1964-.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2025]

Summary:

This book uncovers and centers unexpected sites of Black Power activismwithin the Black freedom struggle. In essays interspersed with oralhistory interviews, leading scholars look at how we study the past andsuggest new ways historians can recognize Black Power and Blackradicalism in the future.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1. From "Freedom Now!" to "Black Power": An Oral History Interview with Kathleen Cleaver

Chapter 2. Reflections on the Black Power Archive

Chapter 3. "This Is Exactly What's Needed": An Oral History Interview with Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

Chapter 4. The Case for a Black Power Oral History Digital Archive

Chapter 5. "Everybody's Born for Something": An Oral History Interview with Mabel Williams

Chapter 6. "Mr. Muhammad Says All of This Is Possible for You and Me": Elijah Muhammad, Muhammad Speaks, and Black Nationalism during the Space Age

Chapter 7. Excerpt of Elijah Muhammad's Address from Muhammad Speaks (1962)

Chapter 8. "Strength in Your Own Voice": An Oral History Interview with Nikki Giovanni

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8130-7367-7