Moving Against the System: The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Making of Consciousness
Subtitle: The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Making of Consciousness
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780745338651
Copyright date: 2018
First sentence: Fifty years is not a long period in terms of historical time, but a great deal of history has unfolded since the epochal year 1968.
Description: In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their black comrades all over the world. Against a backdrop of widespread racism in the West and ongoing colonialism and imperialism in the Global South, this group of activists, writers, and political figures gathered to discuss the history and struggles of people of African descent and the meaning of black power. For the first time since 1968, Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of black radicals of the era. Includes never-before-seen texts from Stokely Carmichael, Walter Rodney and C.L.R. James. --From publisher description.