About this book
Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C.L.R. James to Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X, Kelley writes of the hope that Communism offered, the mindscapes of Surrealism, the transformative potential of radical feminism, and of the four-hundred-year-old dream of reparations for slavery and Jim Crow. From 'the preeminent historian of black popular culture' (Cornel West), an inspiring work on the power of imagination to transform society.-- Back cover.
Subjects
HistoryRace relationsRadicalismCivil rightsAfrican American artsCivil rights movementsBlack powerAfrican diasporaAfrican AmericansBlack power -- United States -- History.African Americans -- Civil rights.Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.African American arts.Radicalism -- United States -- History.African diaspora.United States -- Race relations -- History.Civil rights movements, united statesAfrican american artUnited states, race relationsUnited states, historyIntellectual lifeFeminismReparationsNoirs américains