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Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power
Amy Sonnie
James Tracy
其他書名
Community Organizing in Radical Times
出版
Melville House
, 2011-09-27
主題
History / United States / 20th Century
Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism
ISBN
1612190081
9781612190082
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=q_nWpZkk2uUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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THE STORY OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND LITTLE-KNOWN ACTIVISTS OF THE 1960s, IN A DEEPLY SOURCED NARRATIVE HISTORY
The historians of the late 1960s have emphasized the work of a group of white college activists who courageously took to the streets to protest the war in Vietnam and continuing racial inequality. Poor and working-class whites have tended to be painted as spectators, reactionaries, and, even, racists. Most Americans, the story goes, just watched the political movements of the sixties go by.
James Tracy and Amy Sonnie, who have been interviewing activists from the era for nearly ten years, reject this old narrative. They show that poor and working-class radicals, inspired by the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panthers, and progressive populism, started to organize significant political struggles against racism and inequality during the 1960s and 1970s. Among these groups:
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JOIN Community Union
brought together southern migrants, student radicals, and welfare recipients in Chicago to fight for housing, health, and welfare . . .
+ The
Young Patriots Organization
and
Rising Up Angry
organized self-identified hillbillies, Chicago greasers, Vietnam vets, and young feminists into a legendary “Rainbow Coalition” with Black and Puerto Rican activists . . .
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In Philadelphia, the
October 4th Organization
united residents of industrial Kensington against big business, war, and a repressive police force . . .
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In the Bronx,
White Lightning
occupied hospitals and built coalitions with doctors to fight for the rights of drug addicts and the poor.
Exploring an untold history of the New Left, the book shows how these groups helped to redefine community organizing—and transforms the way we think about a pivotal moment in U.S. history.
