Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People : history and memory /
The Congress of African People (CAP) was an important Black Power organization formed in 1970 and led by the activist poet Amiri Baraka. It made significant contributions to the Black Liberation Movement throughout the 70s as a leading organization in the National Black Political Convention, the Nat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Contemporary Black history.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Born into the Storm
- 2. Black Power
- 3. Founding of the Congress of African People : Emergence of Amiri Baraka as Political Leader
- 4. The Black Arts Movement and the Congress of African People
- 5. Ideology and Ideological Development
- 6. Maulana Karenga, Imamu Baraka and Kawaida
- 7. Amina Baraka and the Women of the Congress of African People
- 8. Revolutionary Kawaida
- 9. The Congress of African People and the United Front
- 10. Transition to Marxism
- 11. Black Marxist-Leninists, New Communist Movement
- 12. Transformed
- 13. Lessons.