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Waiting 'til the midnight hour : a narrative history of Black power in America
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Waiting 'til the midnight hour : a narrative history of Black power in America

Author: Peniel E Joseph
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A history of the Black Power movement in the United States traces the origins and evolution of the influential movement and examines the ways in which Black Power redefined racial identity and culture.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Peniel E Joseph
ISBN: 0805075399 9780805075397
OCLC Number: 62857842
Description: xiv, 399 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Introduction : To shape a new world --
1. Forerunners --
2. At home in the world --
3. Waging war amid shadows --
4. Liberators --
5. Political kingdoms --
6. "Black" is a country --
7. "What we gonna start sayin' now is Black power!" --
8. Storm warnings --
9. The trial of Huey Percy Newton --
10. Dark days, bright nights --
11. Dashikis and democracy --
Epilogue : Legacies, 1975-2005 --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
Index.
Other Titles: Waiting till the midnight hour
Waiting until the midnight hour
Responsibility: Peniel E. Joseph.
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Features legendary moments - the birth, life and death of the black power movement. This work presents an history of one of the most influential civil rights movements in modern history - including  Read more...

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Peniel Joseph represents the best of a new generation of scholars whose work will substantially revise our understanding of the Black Freedom Movement. Provocative and masterfully written, "Waiting Read more...

 
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