Johnson, Cedric, 1971-

Revolutionaries to race leaders Black power and the making of African American politics / [electronic resource] : Cedric Johnson. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007. - xl, 294 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : all power to the people? -- Black power and African American politics -- The "Negro revolution" and Cold War America : revolutionary politics and racial conservatism in the work of Harold Cruse -- Return of the native : Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), the new nationalism, and Black power politics -- The convention strategy and conventional politics : the 1972 Gary convention and the limits of racial unity -- From popular anti-imperialism to sectarianism : the African Liberation Day mobilizations and radical intellectuals -- Radical departures : the National Black Political Assembly, the National Black Independent Political Party, and the struggle for alternatives -- Conclusion : the ends of Black politics.


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African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
Black power--History--United States--20th century.
Radicalism--History--United States--20th century.
African American leadership--History--20th century.
African American political activists--History--20th century.
African American intellectuals--History--20th century.
Revolutionaries--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--20th century.


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