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Saying it loud 1966--the year Black power challenged the civil rights movement

Deeply researched and widely reported, this exploration of the Black Power phenomenon that began to challenge the traditional civil rights movement in 1966 offers portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and the fierce battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of...

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Main Author: Whitaker, Mark (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Black power > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Nineteen sixty-six, A.D.
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Summary:Deeply researched and widely reported, this exploration of the Black Power phenomenon that began to challenge the traditional civil rights movement in 1966 offers portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and the fierce battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of Black history.
Physical Description:x, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index.
ISBN:9781982114121
1982114126
Author Notes:Mark Whitaker is the former editor of Newsweek and the first African American to lead a national newsweekly . He then served as Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News and Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide. Whitaker's memoir My Long Trip Home was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His social histories Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance and S aying it Loud: 1966--The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement were both named among the best nonfiction books of the year by The Washington Post .

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