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Black Liberation and the American Dream

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Analysing intersections of race, class, and gender alongside primary texts, this unique volume explores racism and antiracism in the US.
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Considering the connections between class and racial oppression, and the often marginalized role of the Left in antiracist struggles, Le Blanc skillfully introduces key texts from crucial figures in African American radicalism: Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, C. L. R. James, A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, Malcolm X, Ella Baker, and others. This combination of a rich analytical understanding with key primary texts makes Black Liberation and the American Dream a unique and invaluable resource for those engaged in contemporary struggles. It is a crucial text for activists and scholars alike.
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Price: $22.00
Pages: 312
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Publication Date: 07 November 2017
Trim Size: 8.00 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781608467853
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

HISTORY / African American & Black, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Social and cultural history, Political ideologies and movements
“A timely weapon in the fight against racism.”
—Chris Clement, Against the Current
Paul Le Blanc is a professor of History at La Roche College. He has written on and participated in the U.S. labor, radical and civil rights movements, and is author of numerous books, including Marx, Lenin and the Revolutionary Experience and Lenin and the Revolutionary Party.

Preface

PART ONE
1. Reaching for the American dream
2. Confronting racism in society ... and in ourselves
3. Understanding racism
4. The history of racism and anti-racism
5. Overcoming racism 6. Practical steps Sources

PART TWO: READINGS
I. Pioneers in the Struggle for African American Liberation
1. Frederick Douglass #
2. Martin Delaney
3. Sojourner Truth
4. Harriet Tubman
5. Ida B. Wells-Barnett
6. Booker T. Washington
7. W.E.B. Du Bois
8. Marcus Garvey
9. A. Philip Randolph
10. Paul Robeson
11. Bayard Rustin
12. Ella Baker
II. Dimensions of the Black Struggle
1. W.E.B. Du Bois
2. Malcolm X
3. Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. Septima Clark
5. Ella Baker
6. Vincent Harding
7. Adolph Reed, Jr.
III. The U.S. Left and Anti-racism
1. Alan Wald
2. C.L.R. James
3. Steve Bloom and David Finkel
4. A. Philip Randolph Institute
5. Amiri Baraka
6. Black Panther Party
7. League of Revolutionary Black Workers
8. Angela Y. Davis
IV. Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender
1. Audre Lorde
2. David Rodiger
3. June Jordan
4. Alice Walker
5. Ronald Takaki
6. Manning Marable
7. Saladin Muhammad