Black liberation and the American dream
Subtitle: the struggle for racial and economic justice : analysis, strategy, readings
By: edited by Paul Le Blanc.
Contributors: Le Blanc, Paul, 1947-
Series: Revolutionary studies
Publisher: Humanity Books; Humanities Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Racism -- United States.; African Americans -- Civil rights.; Racism -- Economic aspects -- United States.; African Americans -- Social conditions.; African Americans -- Economic conditions.; African Americans -- Politics and government.; United States -- Race relations -- History.; United States -- Social conditions.
Table of contents: title: Reaching for the American dream; title: Confronting racism in society ... and in ourselves; title: Mental tricks and quirks; title: Racial prejudice; title: An example of  racism; title: Implications of racism and anti-racism; title: Understanding racism; title: What is race; title: Racism ... and what it does to many of its victims; title: Individual racism and institutional racism; title: 1) individual racism; title: 2) institutional racism; title: The history of racism and anti-racism; title: Development of anti-black racism in the United States; title: African-American freedom struggles; title: Twelve lives; title: Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany; title: Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman; title: Ida B. Wells-Barnett; title: Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey; title: W.E.B. Dubois and A. Philip Randolph; title: Paul Robeson and Bayard Rustin; title: Ella Baker; title: Overcoming racism; title: Achievements and limitations of the civil rights movement; title: 1) ferment; title: 2) the movement emerges; title: 3) the strategic vision; title: 4) victory and crisis; title: 5) militancy and decline; title: 6) the price of failure; title: Where do we go from here?; title: 1) understanding the insights of Malcolm X; title: 2) advancing the vision of Martin Luther King; title: Practical steps; title: Initial reflections; title: A general approach; title: 1) anti-racist work must be at two levels:  individual and institutional; title: 2) an oppressed people has the right to self-determination; title: 3) a class approach is a key to success; title: 4) a multi-cultural approach is a key to success; title: 5) a combination of self-interest and moral force is necessary; title: 6) win real victories and build the power of the movement.