The Fight for Black Empowerment in the USA

ISBN-13: 9781032191652 / Twarda / 2023 / 314 str.

USA) Muhammad Kareem (Carroll University

Opis

Through analyses of secondary data, historical archives, first-person interviews, and a variety of political and economic statistical indicators, this book contends that the realisation of black political, legal, cultural and economic empowerment represents the last hope for the US both domestically and internationally.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 - In Search of Power: Getting the Big Piece of Chicken

Introduction

Realpolitik

Harvest for the World

Chapter 2 – The Old Deal: Frenemy of the State:

Blackhead Power

Staying Power

The Middling Constitution

Church and State

Fire Fighters

Chapter 3- White Supremacist Ideology and the Power to Be Able:

Pandemic and Ideologies

New Ideologies for New Economies

Rich People’s Problems

Down By Law

Off White

Chapter 4 - The Political Leverage of Black Power:

New In Town

Black Jesus

Cash Crop

Passing Me By

Revolting Behavior

Public Enema

Boycott Sal’s

You Don’t Work, You Don’t Eat

Civil Violence

FUBU

The Black Arts Movement

The Real Hip-Hop

Chapter 5 – Politics as Usual:

Birney Bros

Blood and Treasure

The Audacity of Hope

The Great Sellout

Chapter 6 – No Permanent Friends, No Permanent Enemies:

The New Deal

The Long Civil Rights Movement

A Long Time To Come

Mourning in America

The First Black Precedent

Brand New Funk

Fierce Urgency

Chapter 7

Endnotes

O autorze

Kareem R. Muhammad is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Carroll University, USA.