New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975

New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975
ISBN-10
0226847152
ISBN-13
9780226847153
Category
History
Pages
377
Language
English
Published
1992
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
William L. Van Deburg

Description

African-American life, carried forward the militant philosophy of resistance, pride, and self-esteem. Like activists in the sixties and seventies, African-Americans today mobilize a rich variety of cultural resources in the struggle for group identity and racial justice. Whether in the films of Spike Lee or other new black directors, in rap music, or in experiments in Afrocentric education, African-Americans continue to reshape the contours of American values, ideals.

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