Black power ideologies : an essay in African-American political thought /

Black power ideologies : an essay in African-American political thought / John T. McCartney.

In a systematic survey of the manifestations and meanings of Black Power in America. John T. McCartney analyzes the ideology of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s and places it in the context of both African-American and Western political thought. He demonstrates, through an exploration of histor...

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Main Author: McCartney, John T., 1938-2012.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
African Americans > Politics and government.
Black power > United States > History.
Political science > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Ch. I The Background to Black Power (starting p. 1)
  • Imbalances and Injustices Against African-Americans (starting p. 1)
  • Theories About Why Inequality Persists (starting p. 5)
  • The Context of Black Protest (starting p. 13)
  • Ch. II Black Nationalist Thought in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (starting p. 15)
  • The Colonization Movement: A Profile (starting p. 15)
  • Reactions to and Criticisms of Colonization (starting p. 19)
  • The Ideology of the Colonization Movement (starting p. 21)
  • The Tactics of the Pan-Negro Nationalists (starting p. 28)
  • Pan-Negro Nationalism and Beyond (starting p. 30)
  • Ch. III The Abolitionist Movement (starting p. 32)
  • Early Abolitionism, 1645 to 1807 (starting p. 32)
  • Abolitionism from 1807 to 1870 (starting p. 35)
  • The Ideology of the Abolitionist Movement (starting p. 36)
  • Frederick Douglass: A Profile (starting p. 38)
  • The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass (starting p. 40)
  • The Tactics of the Abolitionists (starting p. 49)
  • Abolitionism and Beyond (starting p. 51)
  • Ch. IV The Politics of Accommodation (starting p. 54)
  • Booker T. Washington: A Profile (starting p. 55)
  • Booker T. Washington's Philosophy of Education (starting p. 57)
  • The Social and Political Thought of Booker T. Washington (starting p. 60)
  • The Tactics of Booker T. Washington (starting p. 64)
  • Opposition to Booker T. Washington (starting p. 66)
  • Ch. V Marcus Garvey and the Resurgence of Black Nationalism (starting p. 74)
  • Racial Equality by Integration: A Survey (starting p. 74)
  • Garvey's Early Career (starting p. 76)
  • Garvey's Later Career and the Garvey Movement (starting p. 78)
  • The Political Thought of Garvey (starting p. 80)
  • Garvey's Organization and Tactics (starting p. 86)
  • Minor Expressions of Black Nationalism (starting p. 88)
  • Ch. VI Martin Luther King and Moralism (starting p. 91)
  • The Moralist Approach: A Profile (starting p. 93)
  • King's Background and Intellectual Influences (starting p. 96)
  • King's Philosophy of Nonviolence (starting p. 102)
  • The Political Thought of King (starting p. 103)
  • King's Tactics (starting p. 108)
  • King and the Black Power Challenge (starting p. 110)
  • Ch. VII What Is Black Power? (starting p. 111)
  • The Range of Usages of the Term Black Power (starting p. 111)
  • Reshaping the Categories of Black Power (starting p. 116)
  • Commonalities in the Usage of Black Power (starting p. 119)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and Black Power (starting p. 127)
  • Ch. VIII The Counter-Communalists: A Comparison and Analysis (starting p. 133)
  • Huey Newton's Background and Intellectual Influences (starting p. 134)
  • The Political Thought of Huey Newton (starting p. 136)
  • Huey Newton and the Tactics of Counter-Communalism (starting p. 145)
  • Other Counter-Communalists on Tactics (starting p. 147)
  • Ch. IX The Black Power Pluralists: A Comparison and Analysis (starting p. 151)
  • Shirley Chisholm's Background and Intellectual Influences (starting p. 152)
  • The Political Thought of Shirley Chisholm (starting p. 153)
  • Other Pluralists on the American System (starting p. 155)
  • Shirley Chisholm on the Obstacles to True Pluralism in the United States (starting p. 156)
  • Other Pluralists on the Obstacles to Democracy (starting p. 159)
  • Shirley Chisholm and the Case for Black Power Pluralism (starting p. 160)
  • Other Pluralist Visions of the Good Society (starting p. 163)
  • The Tactics of Pluralism (starting p. 164)
  • Ch. X The Black Power Separatists: A Comparison and Analysis (starting p. 166)
  • Elijah Muhammad's Background and Career (starting p. 166)
  • The Political Theology of Elijah Muhammad (starting p. 168)
  • Elements of Elijah Muhammad's Political Theory (starting p. 172)
  • The Tactics of Separatism: The Black Muslims (starting p. 177)
  • Other Separatists on Tactics: Imamu Baraka and Imari Obadele I (starting p. 178)
  • Ch. XI A Critical Assessment of the Black Power Ideologies (starting p. 181)
  • The Paradoxes in the Goals of the Black Power Ideologies (starting p. 181)
  • Malcolm X and the Dilemmas of Black Power (starting p. 183)
  • The Life of Malcolm X and Its Meaning for the Black Power Movement (starting p. 185)
  • Black Power and Individualism (starting p. 186)
  • Black Power and the Intellectual (starting p. 187)
  • Permanent Contributions of the Black Power Ideologies (starting p. 187)
  • Notes (starting p. 191)
  • Bibliography (starting p. 227)
  • Index (starting p. 241)

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