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Black Power: The Politics of Liberation

In 1967, this revolutionary work exposed the depths of systemic racism in this country and provided a radical political framework for reform: true and lasting social change would only be accomplished through unity among African-Americans and their independence from the preexisting order. An eloquent document of the civil rights movement that remains a work of profound social relevance 25 years after it was first published.

Subject
politicshistorysociologyphilosophyeconomics
Themes
raceafrican americansocial issuessocial justicepolitics
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages
Form
essays

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