Black Power: the Politics of Liberation in America - Softcover

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679743138 ISBN 13: 9780679743132

Publisher: Vintage Books, 1992

Synopsis

A revolutionary work since its publication, Black Power exposed the depths of systemic racism in this country and provided a radical political framework for reform: true and lasting social change would only be accomplished through unity among African-Americans and their independence from the preexisting order. An eloquent document of the civil rights movement that remains a work of profound social relevance 50 years after it was first published.

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About the Author

Kwame Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, was among the most fiery and visible leaders of Black militancy in the United States in the 1960s, first as head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and then as prime minister of the Black Panther Party, where he coined the phrase "Black Power." In 1969 he cut his ties with American groups over the issue of allying with White radicals, and moved to Guinea. He declared himself a pan-Africanist. In 1978 he changed his name to Kwame Ture, to honor African socialist leaders Kwame Nkrumah and Ahmed Sekoe Toure. He lived in Guinea for 33 years, until his diagnosis with prostate cancer. He died in 1998. <p/>Charles V. Hamilton is a political scientist, civil rights leader, and the W. S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government and Political Science at Columbia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679743138
• ISBN 13: 9780679743132
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230