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Stokely :

0465013635

0465080480

9780465013630

9780465080489

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Stokely :

[Book]

a life /

by Peniel E. Joseph

xiv, 399 pages :

illustrations ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-384) and index

"Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for "Black Power" during a speech one humid Mississippi night in 1966. Carmichael's life changed that day, and so did America's struggle for civil rights. "Black Power" became the slogan of an era, provoking a national reckoning on race and democracy. In Stokely, preeminent civil rights scholar Peniel E. Joseph presents a groundbreaking biography of Carmichael, arguing that the young firebrand's evolution from nonviolent activist to Black Power revolutionary reflected the trajectory of a generation radicalized by the violence and unrest of the late 1960s. Fed up with the slow progress of the civil rights movement, Carmichael urged blacks to turn the rhetoric of freedom into a reality, inspiring countless African Americans to demand immediate political self-determination. A nuanced and authoritative portrait, Stokely captures the life of the man whose uncompromising vision reshaped the struggle for African American equality."--

Carmichael, Stokely,1941-1998

African American civil rights workers, Biography

African Americans-- Civil rights-- History-- 20th century

Black power-- United States-- History-- 20th century

Civil rights movements-- United States-- History-- 20th century

Civil rights workers-- United States, Biography

HISTORY-- United States-- 20th Century-- bisacsh

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom et Security-- Civil Rights-- bisacsh

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- African American Studies-- bisacsh

United States, Race relations, History, 20th century

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Joseph, Peniel E

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