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Author Simanga, Michael, 1954- author.

Title Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People : history and memory / Michael Simanga
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Contemporary Black history
Contemporary Black history.
Contents 1. Born into the Storm -- 2. Black Power -- 3. Founding of the Congress of African People : Emergence of Amiri Baraka as Political Leader -- 4. The Black Arts Movement and the Congress of African People -- 5. Ideology and Ideological Development -- 6. Maulana Karenga, Imamu Baraka and Kawaida -- 7. Amina Baraka and the Women of the Congress of African People -- 8. Revolutionary Kawaida -- 9. The Congress of African People and the United Front -- 10. Transition to Marxism -- 11. Black Marxist-Leninists, New Communist Movement -- 12. Transformed -- 13. Lessons
Summary "The Congress of African People (CAP) was an important Black Power organization formed in 1970 and led by the activist poet Amiri Baraka. It made significant contributions to the Black Liberation Movement throughout the 70s as a leading organization in the National Black Political Convention, the National Black Assembly, African Liberation Day, the African Liberation Support Committee and the Black Women's United Front. CAP also became active in the new communist movement as the Revolutionary Communist League (MLM). This first-hand narrative of CAP is a part of a movement to document and analyze Black Power in the African American Freedom Movement from the 1950s through the 1970s"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
Simanga, Michael, 1954-
SUBJECT Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 fast
Simanga, Michael, 1954- fast
Subject Congress of African Peoples -- History
SUBJECT Congress of African Peoples fast
Subject Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African American political activists -- Biography
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century
National liberation movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 21st Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
African American political activists
African Americans -- Politics and government
Black power
Civil rights movements
National liberation movements
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137080653
1137080655
1349294292
9781349294299