Black power in the Bluff City
Subtitle: African American youth and student activism in Memphis, 1965-1975
By: Shirletta J. Kinchen
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781621901877
Subjects: Black power; History; African Americans; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Student movements; College students; Political activity; Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "We want what people generally refer to as Black power": Black student and youth activism in the era of Black power; title: "The city was on fire": the beginnings of a movement; title: "Damn the army, join the invaders": the Black organizing project and the invaders; title: "Make the scene better": the neighborhood organizing project, the decline of the invaders, and the promise and limits of Black power in Memphis; title: "Why not at Lemoyne-Owen?": student activism and Black power at Lemoyne-Owen College; title: "We can't be isolated any longer": Memphis State University, the Black Student Association and the politics of racial identity; title: Epilogue: "Black Panther Party not needed": the legacy of youth and student activism and the Black power generation in Memphis.