We are an African people : independent education, black power, and the radical imagination / Russell Rickford.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190455637 (ebook) :Subject(s): African Americans -- Education -- History -- 20th century | Educational sociology -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Urban schools -- United States -- History | Pan-AfricanismAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199861477DDC classification: 371.82996073 LOC classification: LC2741Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: By 1970, more than 60 'Pan African nationalist' schools, from preschools to post-secondary ventures, had appeared in urban settings across the United States. The small, independent enterprises were often accused of teaching hate and were routinely harassed by authorities. Yet these institutions served as critical mechanisms for transmitting black consciousness. In this book, based on his Bancroft Award-winning dissertation, historian Russell Rickford traces the brief lives of these autonomous black institutions created to claim some of the self-determination that the integrationist civil rights movement had failed to provide.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
By 1970, more than 60 'Pan African nationalist' schools, from preschools to post-secondary ventures, had appeared in urban settings across the United States. The small, independent enterprises were often accused of teaching hate and were routinely harassed by authorities. Yet these institutions served as critical mechanisms for transmitting black consciousness. In this book, based on his Bancroft Award-winning dissertation, historian Russell Rickford traces the brief lives of these autonomous black institutions created to claim some of the self-determination that the integrationist civil rights movement had failed to provide.
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