TY - BOOK AU - Dawson,Michael C. TI - Blacks in and Out of the Left T2 - The W. E. B. du Bois Lectures SN - 9780674074019 AV - E185 U1 - 323.1196/073 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - African Americans-Politics and government-20th century KW - African Americans-Politics and government-21st century KW - African Americans-Race identity-Political aspects KW - Political culture-United States-History KW - Right and left (Political science)-History KW - Social movements-United States-History KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Foundational Myths: Recovering and Reconciling Narratives of Resistance -- Chapter 2 - Power to the People? -- Chapter 3 - Who and What Killed the Left -- Chapter 4 - Modern Myths: Constructing Visions of the Future -- References -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index N2 - The radical black left has largely disappeared from the struggle for equality and justice. Michael Dawson examines the causes and consequences, and argues that the conventional left has failed to take race seriously as a force in reshaping American institutions and civil society. Black politics needs to find its way back to its radical roots UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3301297 ER -