The power we need right now : Black sororities and Black radical movements of the 1970s / Aisha A. Upton Azzam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Upton Azzam, Aisha A., 1988- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American Greek letter societies--History--20th century.

African American Greek letter societies.

African American college students--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American college students.

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

Black power.

African Americans--Race identity--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African American college students--Political activity.

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

Black power--History.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"This book uses publications and statements from two Black sororities, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta, to recount the two organizations' divergent reactions to Black radical movements of the 1970s. The book traces how the organizations weighed the notions of community advancement in these movements against respectability politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Electoral Politics over "Violence"

We Help Each Other: Black Sororities, Racial Uplift, and Respectability

Say It Loud: The Emergence of Radical Black Movements

"We Will Participate in Movements That Advance Our Goals"

"An Identity Won in Action"

Stopping the Dance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Upton Azzam, Aisha A., 1988- Power we need right now

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781439925386

1439925380

9781439925393

1439925399

OCLC:

1534696619

Publisher Number:

90104576288

CIPO000396007