New Black History

MANNING MARABLE has been Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York City, USA. PENIEL JOSEPH Professor of History at Tufts University, USA.

'A wide range of notable scholars, mainly historians, authored these 16 essays focusing primarily upon changing notions of the black freedom movement of the 1950s-60s. Diverse essays range from the origins of the Black Panther Party in Oakland to the influence of Black Power on Asian American radicalism and radical black labor organizing in the Detroit auto industry. Recommended.' CHOICE 'This wide-ranging collection of essays affirms the profound national and global influence of the postwar black freedom movement, while also illuminating local struggles, radical movements, and hitherto under-researched efforts by activists to pursue black power agendas within the context of anti-poverty programs. Scholars of the movement will find this an informative, eye-opening and provocative book.' - Kevin K. Gaines, Robert Hayden Collegiate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan 'Manning Marable was one of the most talented and prolific scholars of the Black experience since W.E.B. DuBois. He was also one of the most generous. It is therefore a fitting legacy that his posthumous volume, co-edited with Elizabeth Kai Hinton, offers a platform for an amazing roster of scholars to present their work. This book is eclectic and engaging and provides an excellent teaching tool for courses on the twentieth century Black Freedom Movement.' - Barbara Ransby, professor of African American studies, history, and gender and women's studies, University of Illinois at Chicago 'An indispensable collection of cutting edge scholarship on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. These young historians unsettle conventional wisdom and make us look at the last half century in fresh and original ways.' - Martha Biondi, African American studies, Northwestern University, and author of The Black Revolution on Campus (2012)

• Introduction: Black Intellectuals and the World They Made; M.Marable PART I: DISRUPTING REGIONAL BOUNDARIES Housing, Urban Development, and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the Post-Civil Rights Era South; J.A.Kirk The Pressures of the People: Milton A. Galamison, the Parents' Workshop, and Resistance to School Integration in New York City, 1960-1963; L.Y.Waller The Campus and the Street: Race, Migration, and the Origins of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, CA; D.Murch PART II: TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSIONS Spokesman of the Oppressed? Lorraine Hansberry at Work: The Challenge of Radical Politics in the Postwar Era; R.Welch Black Crusaders: The Transnational Circuit of Robert and Mabel Williams; R.T.Frazier Peace Was the Glue: Europe and African American Freedom; B.G.Plummer Yellow Power: The Formation of Asian-American Nationalism in the Age of Black Power, 1966-1975; J.O.G.Ogbar The Congress of African People: Baraka, Brother Mao, and the Year of '74; R.T.Frazier PART III: DISRUPTING INTERNAL BOUNDARIES Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: Reconceptualizing the Heroic Period of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; P.E.Joseph Revolution in Babylon: Stokely Carmichael and America in the 1960s; P.E.Joseph Protection or Path Toward Revolution?: Black Power and Self-Defense; S.Wendt The Black Bolsheviks: Detroit Revolutionary Union Movements and Shop-Floor Organizing; E.K.Hinton PART IV: STRUGGLING FOR COMMUNITY CONTROL AND AUTONOMY Septima Clark: Organizing for Positive Freedom; S.Lazar Building a Black Nation: CORE, Black Power, and the Community Development Corporation Movement; N.Frazier Black is Beautiful But So is Green: Capitalism, Black Power, and Politics in Floyd McKissick's Soul City; Z.Gillan Integration, Black Nationalism and Radical Transformation in African-American Philosophies of Education, 1965-1974; R.Rickford