The defeat of black power
Subtitle: civil rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972
By: Leonard N. Moore
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780807169032
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Race relations; Black power; National Black Political Convention (1972 : Gary, Ind.); African Americans; Civil rights movements; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-197) and index.
Table of contents: title: The sooner we get organized for group action, the more effective we can become: the creation of the Congressional Black Caucus in Richard Nixon's America; title: We can no longer avoid the challenge of creating and disseminating a common black agenda: the 1971 1972 black strategy sessions; title: We are developing a black political structure: making the National Black Political Convention a reality; title: The monumental task of drafting an agenda we all can agree upon: black politics at the crossroads; title: Nationtime! The politics of forming an independent black political party; title: We will walk out of here with a program: ratifying the national black political agenda; title: What we warned against has happened: the withdrawal of the Congressional Black Caucus; title: Epilogue: black nationalists don't deliver votes: the legacy of the National Black Political Convention.