Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic HistoryMr. Allen discusses the relationship between the power elite and Black discontent. He finds very little difference between those motivations and methods which create and maintain colonialism abroad and those which prevent Black self-determination in the UNited States. Mr. Allen examines various programs designed by the power elite to absorb radicalism and encourages its cooperation with the capitalistic structure. He does not see Black capitalism, Negro organization man, foundation grants, business-managed welfare or token political victories as aiding Black liberation but as producing an atmosphere conducive to even more comprehensive exploitation. "The Third World, the underdeveloped world, exists just as surely within America as it does across the seas", concludes Mr. Allen. "In the dialectic between Black and white America, a preview of what may be in store for the world can be glimpsed." (Back cover). |
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... SNCC's most important contribution to the black lib- eration movement was in the area of education - raising the political awareness of black people . Through speaking tours and the mass media , SNCC spokesmen such as Carmichael , Rap ...
... SNCC's most important contribution to the black lib- eration movement was in the area of education - raising the political awareness of black people . Through speaking tours and the mass media , SNCC spokesmen such as Carmichael , Rap ...
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... SNCC tutelage in Alabama , but this never materialized . A large part of the reason was that SNCC was constantly caught in time- and money - absorbing legal battles , which severely circumscribed the operations of the organization . Also , ...
... SNCC tutelage in Alabama , but this never materialized . A large part of the reason was that SNCC was constantly caught in time- and money - absorbing legal battles , which severely circumscribed the operations of the organization . Also , ...
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... SNCC still unresolved . Over the next few months Carmichael became more estranged from SNCC . He did not attend an important staff meeting in June at which SNCC affirmed its inde- pendence of the Panthers by voting not to adopt the ...
... SNCC still unresolved . Over the next few months Carmichael became more estranged from SNCC . He did not attend an important staff meeting in June at which SNCC affirmed its inde- pendence of the Panthers by voting not to adopt the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Social Context of Black Power | 21 |
Black Nationalism | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History Robert L. Allen No preview available - 1990 |
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