Title Radical intellect : Liberator magazine and black activism in the 1960s / Christopher M. Tinson

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations Contents Inscribing liberation: contexts and conditions of black radicalism -- Voices of black protest: contours of anticolonialism and black liberation -- Spokespersons and advocates: the contested intellectual life of African independence -- Radical commitments: the promise of black women's activism -- Rebellion or revolution: the challenge of black radicalism -- New breeds, old dreams: liberator and black radical aesthetics -- Refusing to go quietly Summary The rise of black radicalism in the 1960s was a result of both the successes and the failures of the civil rights movement. The movement's victories were inspirational, but its failures to bring about structural political and economic change pushed many to look elsewhere for new strategies. During this era of intellectual ferment, the writers, editors, and activists behind the monthly magazine Liberator (1960-71) were essential contributors to the debate. In the first full-length history of the organization that produced the magazine, Christopher M. Tinson locates the Liberator as a touchstone of U.S.-based black radical thought and organizing in the 1960s. Combining radical journalism with on-the-ground activism, the magazine was dedicated to the dissemination of a range of cultural criticism aimed at spurring political activism, and became the publishing home to many notable radical intellectual-activists of the period, such as Larry Neal, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Harold Cruse, and Askia Toure. By mapping the history and intellectual trajectory of the Liberator and its thinkers, Tinson traces black intellectual history beyond black power and black nationalism into an internationalism that would shape radical thought for decades to come Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 12, 2017) SUBJECT Liberator (New York, N.Y. : 1961) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017025037 Subject African Americans -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century African American political activists. African Americans -- Periodicals African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Anti-imperialist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Social movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Race identity -- History -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. African American political activists African Americans African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Race identity Anti-imperialist movements Black power Social movements United States Genre/Form Electronic books periodicals. Periodicals History Periodicals. Périodiques. Form Electronic book LC no. 2017009457 ISBN 9781469634562 1469634562 9781469634579 1469634570

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