The Culture War in the Civil Rights Movement
Edition: First edition
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: December 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780813031965
Subjects: Black studies; Civil rights & citizenship; History; History - U.S; History: American; USA; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; 20th century; African Americans; African Americans in popular culture; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; United States
Description: From Aretha Franklin and James Baldwin to Dick Gregory and Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement deliberately used music, art, theater, and literature as political weapons to broaden the struggle and legitimize its appeal. In this book, Joe Street argues that the time has come to recognize the extent to which African American history and culture were vital elements of the movement.Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, from the Free Southern Theater to freedom songs, from the Cuban radio broadcasts of Robert F. Williams to the art of the Black Panther Party, Street encourages us to consider the breadth of forces brought to bear as weapons in the struggle for civil rights. Doing so also allows us to reconsider the roots of Black Power, recognizing that it emerged both from within and as a critique of the southern integrationist movement. -- from back cover.