Black Power
Understand why voting rights alone did not ensure Black political power, how communities organized for control, and how both authors later reassessed their argument.
9 parts, about 21 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- Stokely Carmichael, Charles V. Hamilton
- Parts
- 9 parts
- Reading time
- about 21 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- A Framework for Black Power1 min
- The Colonial Relationship3 min
- Define Ourselves and Organize3 min
- Coalition on Equal Terms3 min
- Mississippi and Lowndes County3 min
- Tuskegee and the Limits of Deference2 min
- The Urban Ghetto and New Forms3 min
- Kwame Ture Looks Back, 19921 min
- Charles V. Hamilton Looks Back, 19922 min
Read it alongside
- Goes deeperThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Carmichael and Hamilton identify enduring racial harm within accepted institutions; Alexander explains how later criminal justice requirements to prove discriminatory intent obstruct challenges based on statistical disparities.
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