| Portion of title |
1966--the year Black power challenged the civil rights movement |
| Contents |
Prologue: December 31, 1965: the road to Black power -- January 3: a murder in Tuskegee -- January 10: humiliated in Atlanta -- January 26: a new front in Chicago -- March 17: two toughs from Oakland -- May 3: the Black panthers of Lowndes county -- May 13: a coup in Kingston Springs -- June 7: showdown at the Lorraine motel -- June 16: a cry in the Mississippi night -- June 23: tear gas over Canton -- July and August: "Starmichael" on tour -- August 5: a rock in Marquette park -- August 13: a dynamite bust in Philadelphia -- September 6: riot comes to Summerhill -- October 29: Berkeley and the backlash vote -- October: ten points from the flatlands -- December 8: the peg leg bates purge -- December 26: Black studies and the first Kwanzaa -- Epilogue: after 1966: of allies and messiahs. |
| Abstract |
Deeply researched and widely reported, this exploration of the Black Power phenomenon that began to challenge the traditional civil rights movement in 1966 offers portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and the fierce battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of Black history. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781982114121 |
| ISBN | 1982114126 (hardcover) |
