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The Resource A nation within a nation : Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black power politics, Komozi Woodard

A nation within a nation : Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black power politics, Komozi Woodard

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Summary
  • Poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is best known as one of the African American writers who helped ignite the Black Arts Movement. This book examines Baraka's cultural approach to Black Power politics and explores his role in the phenomenal spread of black nationalism in the urban centers of late-twentieth-century America, including his part in the election of black public officials, his leadership in the Modern Black Convention Movement, and his work in housing and community development
  • Komozi Woodard traces Baraka's transformation from poet to political activist, as the rise of the Black Arts Movement pulled him from political obscurity in the Beat circles of Greenwich Village, swept him into the center of the Black Power Movement, and ultimately propelled him into the ranks of black national political leadership. Moving outward from Baraka's personal story, Woodard illuminates the dynamics and remarkable rise of black cultural nationalism with an eye toward the movement's broader context, including the impact of black migrations on urban ethos, the importance of increasing population concentrations of African Americans in the cities, and the effect of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on the nature of black political mobilization
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 329 pages)
Contents
  • pt. I Rise
  • 1. Groundwork: The Impact of Fidel Castro, Patrice Lumumba, Robert F. Williams, and Malcolm X on Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement
  • 2. Black Fire: Imamu Amiri Baraka and the Newark Uprising
  • 3. The Ballot or the Bullet? The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in Newark
  • 4. The Modernization of Cultural Nationalism: The Black and Puerto Rican Convention and the Election of Newark's First Black Mayor
  • pt. II Zenith and Decline
  • 5. It's Nation Time: Building a National Black Political Community
  • 6. Hard Facts: Kawaida Towers and the Dilemma of Cultural Nationalism in Black America
  • Conclusion: Winter in America
Isbn
9780807876176
Instance
Label
A nation within a nation : Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black power politics
Title
A nation within a nation
Title remainder
Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black power politics
Statement of responsibility
Komozi Woodard
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is best known as one of the African American writers who helped ignite the Black Arts Movement. This book examines Baraka's cultural approach to Black Power politics and explores his role in the phenomenal spread of black nationalism in the urban centers of late-twentieth-century America, including his part in the election of black public officials, his leadership in the Modern Black Convention Movement, and his work in housing and community development
  • Komozi Woodard traces Baraka's transformation from poet to political activist, as the rise of the Black Arts Movement pulled him from political obscurity in the Beat circles of Greenwich Village, swept him into the center of the Black Power Movement, and ultimately propelled him into the ranks of black national political leadership. Moving outward from Baraka's personal story, Woodard illuminates the dynamics and remarkable rise of black cultural nationalism with an eye toward the movement's broader context, including the impact of black migrations on urban ethos, the importance of increasing population concentrations of African Americans in the cities, and the effect of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on the nature of black political mobilization
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
N$T
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Woodard, Komozi
Dewey number
  • 818/.5409
  • B
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
E185.97.B23
LC item number
W66 1999eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Baraka, Amiri
  • African American political activists
  • Revolutionaries
  • African Americans
  • Black nationalism
  • Black power
  • Baraka, Amiri
  • Baraka, Imamu Amiri
  • Baraka, Imamu Amiri
  • Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
  • Black power
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • African American political activists
  • African Americans
  • Black nationalism
  • Black power
  • Revolutionaries
  • United States
  • Schwarze
  • Black power
  • Politische Identität
  • Nationalisme
  • Negers
  • Black Power
  • USA
  • Schwarze
  • Ethnic & Race Studies
  • Gender & Ethnic Studies
  • Social Sciences
Label
A nation within a nation : Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black power politics, Komozi Woodard
Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-310) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
pt. I Rise -- 1. Groundwork: The Impact of Fidel Castro, Patrice Lumumba, Robert F. Williams, and Malcolm X on Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement -- 2. Black Fire: Imamu Amiri Baraka and the Newark Uprising -- 3. The Ballot or the Bullet? The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in Newark -- 4. The Modernization of Cultural Nationalism: The Black and Puerto Rican Convention and the Election of Newark's First Black Mayor -- pt. II Zenith and Decline -- 5. It's Nation Time: Building a National Black Political Community -- 6. Hard Facts: Kawaida Towers and the Dilemma of Cultural Nationalism in Black America -- Conclusion: Winter in America
Control code
62153789
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 329 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780807876176
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)62153789
Label
A nation within a nation : Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black power politics, Komozi Woodard
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-310) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
pt. I Rise -- 1. Groundwork: The Impact of Fidel Castro, Patrice Lumumba, Robert F. Williams, and Malcolm X on Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement -- 2. Black Fire: Imamu Amiri Baraka and the Newark Uprising -- 3. The Ballot or the Bullet? The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in Newark -- 4. The Modernization of Cultural Nationalism: The Black and Puerto Rican Convention and the Election of Newark's First Black Mayor -- pt. II Zenith and Decline -- 5. It's Nation Time: Building a National Black Political Community -- 6. Hard Facts: Kawaida Towers and the Dilemma of Cultural Nationalism in Black America -- Conclusion: Winter in America
Control code
62153789
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xix, 329 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780807876176
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)62153789

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