Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index.
Contents
Introduction; 1. The Repertory of Freedom; 2. The Experience of Politics; 3. Self-interest and Self-respect; 4. Martin Luther King and the Meanings of Freedom; 5. Martin Luther King: Authorship and Ideas; 6. SNCC, Participatory Politics, and the People; 7. Violence and Self-respect: Fanon and Black Radicalism; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary
The author attempts to delineate the important ideas that developed from the political experience of the US Civil Rights Movement. He argues that the Movement was not so much about ending segregation, as having blacks recognized as individuals whose sense of self-worth could be enhanced.
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