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- Book Title
- Fighting for Us
- Publication Name
- Fighting for Us
- Title
- Fighting for Us
- Contributor
- Clayborne Carson (Foreword by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0814798780
- EAN
- 9780814798782
- ISBN
- 9780814798782
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Genre
- History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Black Studies (Global), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Release Date
- 01/03/2005
- Release Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 228 Pages
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In spite of the ever-growing popularity of Kwanzaa, the story of the influential Black nationalist organization behind the holiday has never been told. Fighting for Us explores the fascinating history of the US Organization, a Black nationalist group based in California that played a leading role in Black Power politics and culture during the late 1960s and early '70s whose influence is still felt today. Advocates of Afrocentric renewal, US unleashed creative and intellectual passions that continue to fuel debate and controversy among scholars and students of the Black Power movement. Founded in 1965 by Maulana Karenga, US established an extensive network of alliances with a diverse body of activists, artists and organizations throughout the United States for the purpose of bringing about an African American cultural revolution. Fighting for US presents the first historical examination of US' philosophy, internal dynamics, political activism and influence on African American art, making an elaborate use of oral history interviews, organizational archives, Federal Bureau of Investigation files, newspaper accounts, and other primary sources of the period. This book also sheds light on factors contributing to the organization's decline in the early '70s--government repression, authoritarianism, sexism, and elitist vanguard politics. Previous scholarship about US has been shaped by a war of words associated with a feud between US and the Black Panther Party that gave way to a series of violent and deadly clashes in Los Angeles. Venturing beyond the lingering rhetoric of rivalry, this book illuminates the ideological similarities and differences between US's "cultural" nationalism and the Black Panther Party's "revolutionary" nationalism. Today, US's emphasis on culture has endured as evidenced by the popularity of Kwanzaa and the Afrocentrism in Black art and popular media. Engaging and original, Fighting for US will be the definitive work on Maulana Karenga, the US organization, and Black cultural nationalism in America.
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Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-10
0814798780
ISBN-13
9780814798782
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2685854
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Black Studies (Global), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
228 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E185.5.B95 2003
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The Us Organization practically defined black cultural nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s, yet we know so little of its history and ideology. Thanks to Scot Brown's subtle and penetrating portrait of the movement and the man behind it, Maulana Karenga, we now have a more complete picture of the period. Fighting for Us will force us all to rethink our assumptions about black cultural nationalism and the Black Power era., "Readers will find Brown's study a well-researched document on the key era of the 1960s and 1970s, and it will serve as a guide to other scholars as more students of the freedom era take up the challenge to study and explore this rich period in our nation's history." - American Studies ,, "What a fascinating tour through the theory and praxis of Black Power! I'm immensely grateful to Scot Brown for his fine analysis of the intellectual basis of the Us Organization as well as its actions in the 1960s and 1970s. Fighting for Us does more than situate Maulana Karenga in his various contexts. The book also explains the shifting collaborations and conflicts of the era's Black Power groups with remarkable clarity." - Nell Irvin Painter, author ofSojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol and Southern History Across the Color Line, "The Us Organization practically defined black cultural nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s, yet we know so little of its history and ideology. Thanks to Scot Brown's subtle and penetrating portrait of the movement and the man behind it, Maulana Karenga, we now have a more complete picture of the period. Fighting for Us will force us all to rethink our assumptions about black cultural nationalism and the Black Power era." - Robin D. G. Kelley, authorFreedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, "Critical examination of the role of identity in academic and activist feminism." - Women's Review of Books, "A detailed and sober account . . .Fighting for USis of enormous and permanent value." -Publishers Weekly, What a fascinating tour through the theory and praxis of Black Power! I'm immensely grateful to Scot Brown for his fine analysis of the intellectual basis of the Us Organization as well as its actions in the 1960s and 1970s. Fighting for Us does more than situate Maulana Karenga in his various contexts. The book also explains the shifting collaborations and conflicts of the era's Black Power groups with remarkable clarity., "In what might seem an overcrowded marketplace of books on the politics of identity, Barbara Ryan has assembled an essential collection of papers that broadly construct the basic arguments of similarity and difference dividing and uniting women. Identity Politics in the Women's Movement illustrates the difficulties as well as the rewards of finding a basis for solidarity while honoring the inequalities inherent in women's multiple identities." - Carol Mueller, Arizona State University, Winner Susan Koppelman Award for Excellence, 2001, Scot Brown's Fighting for Us reveals a dimension of black cultural nationalism that, perhaps more than any other of recent decades, has been in need of sustained scholarly attention. A valuable study., "A detailed and sober account . . . Fighting for US is of enormous and permanent value." - Publishers Weekly ,, "Scot Brown's Fighting for Us reveals a dimension of black cultural nationalism that, perhaps more than any other of recent decades, has been in need of sustained scholarly attention. A valuable study." -Sterling Stuckey,author of Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America, "Scot Brown'sFighting for Usreveals a dimension of black cultural nationalism that, perhaps more than any other of recent decades, has been in need of sustained scholarly attention. A valuable study." - Sterling Stuckey, author ofSlave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America, "What a fascinating tour through the theory and praxis of Black Power! I'm immensely grateful to Scot Brown for his fine analysis of the intellectual basis of the Us Organization as well as its actions in the 1960s and 1970s. Fighting for Us does more than situate Maulana Karenga in his various contexts. The book also explains the shifting collaborations and conflicts of the era's Black Power groups with remarkable clarity." - Nell Irvin Painter, author of Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol and Southern History Across the Color Line, "A detailed and sober account . . . Fighting for US is of enormous and permanent value." - Publishers Weekly, "What a fascinating tour through the theory and praxis of Black Power! I'm immensely grateful to Scot Brown for his fine analysis of the intellectual basis of the Us Organization as well as its actions in the 1960s and 1970s. Fighting for Us does more than situate Maulana Karenga in his various contexts. The book also explains the shifting collaborations and conflicts of the era's Black Power groups with remarkable clarity." -Nell Irvin Painter,author of Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol and Southern History Across the Color Line, "Readers will find Brown's study a well-researched document on the key era of the 1960s and 1970s, and it will serve as a guide to other scholars as more students of the freedom era take up the challenge to study and explore this rich period in our nation's history." - American Studies, Scot Browns Fighting for Us reveals a dimension of black cultural nationalism that, perhaps more than any other of recent decades, has been in need of sustained scholarly attention. A valuable study., "Readers will find Brown's study a well-researched document on the key era of the 1960s and 1970s, and it will serve as a guide to other scholars as more students of the freedom era take up the challenge to study and explore this rich period in our nation's history." -American Studies, "This lively, well-edited collection of papers offers an excellent introduction to many of the issues and interests at stake." - The European Legacy, Readers will find Brown's study a well-researched document on the key era of the 1960s and 1970s, and it will serve as a guide to other scholars as more students of the freedom era take up the challenge to study and explore this rich period in our nation's history., "The Us Organization practically defined black cultural nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s, yet we know so little of its history and ideology. Thanks to Scot Brown's subtle and penetrating portrait of the movement and the man behind it, Maulana Karenga, we now have a more complete picture of the period. Fighting for Us will force us all to rethink our assumptions about black cultural nationalism and the Black Power era." -Robin D. G. Kelley,author Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
Publication Name
Fighting for US
Table of Content
Foreword by Clayborne Carson Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 From Ron Everett to Maulana Karenga: The Intellectual and Political Bases for the US Organization 3 Memory and Internal Organizational Life 4 The Politics of Culture: The US Organization and the Quest for Black Unity 5 Sectarian Discourses and the Decline of US in the Era of Black Power 6 In the Face of Funk: US and the Arts of War 7 Kwanzaa and Afrocentricity Glossary of Kiswahili and Zulu Terms Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2003-004811
Dewey Decimal
305.896/073/0092
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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