Struggle on Their Minds : The Political Thought of African American Resistance.
Zamalin, Alex.
Struggle on Their Minds : The Political Thought of African American Resistance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (237 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Political Thought of African American Resistance -- 1. David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and the Abolitionist Democratic Vision -- 2. Ida B. Wells, the Antilynching Movement, and the Politics of Seeing -- 3. Huey Newton, the Black Panthers, and the Decolonization of America -- 4. Angela Davis, Prison Abolition, and the End of the American Carceral State -- Conclusion: The Future of Resistance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Struggle on Their Minds shows how the American political tradition have been continually challenged-and strengthened-by antiracist resistance, creating a rich legacy of African American thought. Alex Zamalin focuses on five activists across two centuries who fought to foreground slavery and racial injustice in American political discourse.
9780231543477
Walker, David,-d1785-1830-Political and social views.
Douglass, Frederick,-1818-1895-Political and social views.
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,-1862-1931-Political and social views.
Newton, Huey P.-Political and social views.
Davis, Angela Y.-(Angela Yvonne),-1944--Political and social views.
African Americans-Politics and government.
African Americans-Political activity-History.
African American intellectuals.
African Americans-Intellectual life.
lavery-United States-Influence.
Electronic books.
E185.615 .Z363 2017
323.1196073
Struggle on Their Minds : The Political Thought of African American Resistance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (237 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Political Thought of African American Resistance -- 1. David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and the Abolitionist Democratic Vision -- 2. Ida B. Wells, the Antilynching Movement, and the Politics of Seeing -- 3. Huey Newton, the Black Panthers, and the Decolonization of America -- 4. Angela Davis, Prison Abolition, and the End of the American Carceral State -- Conclusion: The Future of Resistance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Struggle on Their Minds shows how the American political tradition have been continually challenged-and strengthened-by antiracist resistance, creating a rich legacy of African American thought. Alex Zamalin focuses on five activists across two centuries who fought to foreground slavery and racial injustice in American political discourse.
9780231543477
Walker, David,-d1785-1830-Political and social views.
Douglass, Frederick,-1818-1895-Political and social views.
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,-1862-1931-Political and social views.
Newton, Huey P.-Political and social views.
Davis, Angela Y.-(Angela Yvonne),-1944--Political and social views.
African Americans-Politics and government.
African Americans-Political activity-History.
African American intellectuals.
African Americans-Intellectual life.
lavery-United States-Influence.
Electronic books.
E185.615 .Z363 2017
323.1196073