Black Radical: The Education of an American Revolutionary
- ISBN-10
- 1595581456
- ISBN-13
- 9781595581457
- Category
- Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- New Press
- Author
- Nelson Peery
Description
An absorbing, firsthand account of an African American's struggle for equality in the decades after World War II, by a writer theWashington Postcalls "Wolfean and Whitmanesque." Black Fire, the celebrated first volume of Nelson Peery's riveting autobiography, told the story of his childhood and teenage years during the Depression and his subsequent political awakening as a soldier in the all-black 93rd Infantry Division in World War II. In this electrifying sequel, Peery picks up whereBlack Fireends, beginning with his integration back into civilian life following the war, and describing the development of his revolutionary consciousness as he attempts to move from first-class soldier to first-class civilian. Black Radical offers a rare perspective and a new and fascinating vantage on the crucial historical period from 1946 through 1968, including the postwar grassroots struggle for equality and democracy led by black veterans, the battles of the black left and revolutionaries during the McCarthy inquisition and their role in the freedom movement, and the 1965 Watts rebellion in Los Angeles, where Peery and his family were living at the time. Above all,Black Radicalis about the education of an American revolutionary amid the continuing struggles to bring to life the ideals that Peery and so many others fought for in World War II.
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