Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-303) and index.
Contents
The contemporary crisis -- Nothing but a Black thing? The Black freedom struggle in context -- The Washington-Du Bois conflict: African American social movements in the "Age of imperialism," 1890-World War I -- World War I and the deepening and blackening of American radicalism -- From the Great Depression to World War II: the recomposition of White-Black alliance -- The American century: labor peace, hegemony, and civil rights -- The crisis of U.S. hegemony and the transformation from civil rights to Black liberation -- The future of black liberation and social change in the United States.