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The culture war in the Civil Rights Movement

Street, Joe, author

Overview

From Aretha Franklin and James Baldwin to Dick Gregory and Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement deliberately used music, art, theater, and literature as political weapons to broaden the struggle and legitimize its appeal. In this book, Joe Street argues that the time has come to recognize the extent to which African American history and culture were vital elements of the movement.Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, from the Free Southern Theater to freedom songs, from the Cuban radio broadcasts of Robert F. Williams to the art of the Black Panther Party, Street encourages us to consider the breadth of forces brought to bear as weapons in the struggle for civil rights. Doing so also allows us to reconsider the roots of Black Power, recognizing that it emerged both from within and as a critique of the southern integrationist movement. -- from back cover.

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Subject: 1900-1999 / African Americans Civil rights History 20th century. / Civil rights movements United States History 20th century. / African Americans in popular culture History 20th century. / African Americans Race identity. / Popular culture United States History 20th century. / African Americans Civil rights. / African Americans in popular culture. / Civil rights movements. / Popular culture. / Race relations. / United States Race relations History 20th century. / United States.
• ISBN: 9780813031965, 0813031966, 9780813037813, 0813037816, 9780813054872, 0813054877

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E185.61.S9144 2007	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE