Title Neighborhood rebels : Black power at the local level / edited by Peniel E. Joseph

Edition First edition Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 255 pages) Series Contemporary Black history Contemporary Black history. Contents Introduction: community organizing, grassroots politics, and neighborhood rebels : local struggles for Black power in America / Peniel E. Joseph -- Malcolm X's Harlem and early Black power activism / Peniel E. Joseph -- "Get up off of your knees!" : competing visions of Black empowerment in Milwaukee during the early civil rights era / Patrick D. Jones -- Black power on the ground : continuity and rupture in St. Louis / Clarence Lang -- A campus where Black power won : Merritt College and the hidden history of Oakland's Black Panther Party / Donna Murch -- "'W-A-L-K-O-U-T!" : high school students and the development of Black power in L.A. / Jeanne Theoharis -- "'We were going to fight fire with fire" : Black power in the South / Simon Wendt -- Empowerment, consciousness, defense : the diverse meanings of the Black power movement in Louisville, Kentucky / Tracy E. K'Meyer -- The Black arts movement in Atlanta / James Smethurst -- Militant Katrina : looking back at Black power / Kent B. Germany -- The pursuit of audacious power : rebel reformers and neighborhood politics in Baltimore, 1966-1968 / Rhonda Y. Williams Summary This book examines the evolution of Black Power activism at the local level. Comprised of essays that examine Black Power's impact at the grassroots level in cities in the North, South, Mid-West and West, this anthology expands on the profusion of new scholarship that is taking a second look at Black Power Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Black power -- United States -- History African American political activists -- History Political participation -- United States -- History Community power -- United States -- History Neighborhoods -- United States -- History City and town life -- United States -- History African Americans -- Politics and government. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History Political activism -- USA. Black & Asian studies -- USA. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. History, Local. African American political activists African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Politics and government Black power City and town life Community power Neighborhoods Political participation Race relations Political activism -- United States of America, USA. Ethnic studies -- United States of America, USA. Politics and Government. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 United States -- History, Local. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140336 Subject United States Genre/Form History Local history Form Electronic book Author Joseph, Peniel E., editor. ISBN 9780230102309 0230102301

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