Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People [electronic resource] : History and Memory /
Simanga, M.author.
This important look at CAP combines historical research and analysis with the author's first-hand experience with the organization, providing the first historical narrative of a consequential player in the Black Power Movement.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Born into the Storm; 2 Black Power: Th e Context of CAP; 3 Th e Founding of CAP and Emergence of Amiri Baraka as a National Political Leader; 4 Th e Black Arts Movement and CAP; 5 Ideology and Ideological Development; 6 Maulana Karenga, Amiri Baraka, and Kawaida; 7 Amina Baraka and the Women in CAP; 8 Revolutionary Kawaida; 9 CAP and the United Front; 10 Transition to Marxism; 11 Black Marxist-Leninists and the New Communist Movement; 12 Transformed; 13 Lessons
Appendix A: Organizations Represented at the Founding Meeting of the Congress of African PeopleAppendix B: Congress of African People Chapters in 1975; Appendix C: Programmatic Statement of Black Panther Party; Appendix D: Republic of New Africa Declaration of Independence-1968; Appendix E: Congress of African Peoples Ideological Statement-1970; Appendix F: National Black Agenda: Black Candidate Pledge 1972; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This important look at CAP combines historical research and analysis with the author's first-hand experience with the organization, providing the first historical narrative of a consequential player in the Black Power Movement.
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
Simanga, Michael, 1954-
Congress of African Peoples
United States-History.
Civilization-History.
Ethnicity.
America-History.
Social history.
History, Modern.
US History.
Cultural History.
Ethnicity Studies.
History of the Americas.
Social History.
Modern History.