Publication

1997 - Routledge, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

44,750 words, Guess

Page Count

179 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96021986
  • Goodreads7157580
  • LibraryThing684090
  • Open LibraryOL60511293M

Classifications

  • DDC973/.0496073
  • LCCE185.86 .R68 1997

Description

In Black Movements in America, Cedric Robinson traces the emergence of Black political cultures in the United States from slave resistances in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the civil rights movements of the present. Drawing on historical records, Robinson argues that Blacks have constructed both a culture of resistance and a culture of accommodation based on the radically different experiences of slaves and free Blacks. Robinson concludes that contemporary Black movements are inspired by either a social vision - held by the relatively privileged strata - which holds the American nation to its ideals and public representation, and another - that of the masses - which interprets the Black experience in America as proof of the country's venality and hypocrisy.

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  • Black movements in AmericaRoutledge1997-01-01

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