1st Edition
Black Liberation in the Midwest The Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri, 1964-1970
By Kenneth Jolly
Copyright 2007
252 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a response to the inadequate examination of the Midwest in Civil Rights Movement scholarship - scholarship that continues to ignore the city of St. Louis and the Black liberation struggle that took place there. Jolly examines this local movement and organizations such as the Black Liberators, Mid-City Congress, Jeff Vander Lou Community Action Group, DuBois Club, CORE, Zulu 1200s,... Read more
1. The St. Louis African American Community in the Twentieth Century: A Context for 'Revolution' 2. An Early Battle: The St. Louis Movement Before 1964 3. Black Power: The Next Step 4. Black Liberation: CORE and Coalitions in the St. Louis Region 5. Black Power in St. Louis: The Black Liberators, Black Nationalists, DuBois Club, Jeff Vander Lou Community Action Group, Nation of Islam, Mid City Congress, Zulu 1200s 6. Black Power: The Ideological Debate 7. Black Power Challenged: The War on Poverty and Black Capitalism 8. Black Power Challenged: The Cold War, FBI, and the Communist Threat 9. Black Power Challenged: Direct Conflict and Violence
Biography
Kenneth Jolly is Assistant Professor of History at Saginaw Valley State University.
