The Defeat of Black Power : Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972 /

"For three days in 1972 in Gary, Indiana, eight thousand American civil rights activists and Black Power leaders gathered at the National Black Political Convention, hoping to end a years-long feud that divided black America into two distinct camps: integrationists and separatists. While some f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Leonard N., 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
Black power.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
Black power > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
United States > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The sooner we get organized for group action, the more effective we can become : the creation of the Congressional Black Caucus in Richard Nixon's America
  • We can no longer avoid the challenge of creating and disseminating a common black agenda : the 1971-1972 black strategy sessions
  • We are developing a black political structure : making the National Black Political Convention a reality
  • The monumental task of drafting an agenda we all can agree upon : black politics at the crossroads
  • Nationtime! : The politics of forming an independent black political party
  • We will walk out of here with a program : ratifying the national black political agenda
  • What we warned against has happened : the withdrawal of the Congressional Black Caucus
  • Epilogue : black nationalists don't deliver votes : the legacy of the National Black Political Convention.

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