The Rise and Fall of Black Power (Pre-Read)

From the end of postwar Reconstruction in the South to an analysis of the rise and fall of Black Power, Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000 by acclaimed historian Adam Fairclough presents a synthesis of the century-long struggle of black Americans to achieve civil rights and equality in the United States.

Beginning with Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching in the 1890s, Fairclough chronicles the tradition of protest that led to the formation of the NAACP, Booker T. Washington and the strategy of accommodation, Marcus Garvey and the push for black nationalism, through to Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and beyond. The book also explores the role of less well-known activists and grassroots organizations in the struggle for equality.

Throughout, the book addresses the complexity and diversity of the African American experience. Fairclough avoids simplistic narratives of progress and acknowledges the setbacks and limitations of various strategies and movements. For instance, he highlights the tensions between integrationist and separatist visions of black liberation, and the challenges of addressing issues of class, gender, and sexuality within the broader struggle for civil rights.
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Please read the chapter entitled "The Rise and Fall of Black Power" before this discussion. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TCDu-jxOFDag1EeQ-ipsuoH592ofPzRP/view?usp=sharing
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