Struggle on their minds : the political thought of African American resistance / Alex Zamalin.

"The rise of the American economy, the persistence of social inequality, and the ongoing struggle for adequate political representation cannot be evaluated separately from slavery, the country's original sin. Five activists who have fought to incorporate slavery into American political dis...

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Main Author: Zamalin, Alex, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the political thought of African American resistance
  • David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and the abolitionist democratic vision
  • Ida B. Wells, the antilynching movement, and the politics of seeing
  • Huey Newton, the Black Panthers, and the decolonization of America
  • Angela Davis, prison abolition, and the end of the American carceral state
  • Conclusion: the future of resistance.