Black Liberation and the American Dream
The Struggle for Racial and Economic Justice
Considering the connections between class and racial oppression, and the often marginalized role of the Left in antiracist struggles, Le Blanc skillfully introduces key texts from crucial figures in African American radicalism: Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, C. L. R. James, A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, Malcolm X, Ella Baker, and others. This combination of a rich analytical understanding with key primary texts makes Black Liberation and the American Dream a unique and invaluable resource for those engaged in contemporary struggles. It is a crucial text for activists and scholars alike.
Reviews
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A timely weapon in the fight against racism.”
Chris Clement, Against the Current
Other books edited by Paul Le Blanc
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Rosa Luxemburg: The Incendiary Spark
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Revolutionary Collective
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The Living Flame
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US Trotskyism 1928–1965 Part I: Emergence
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US Trotskyism 1928–1965 Part II: Endurance
Edited by Thomas Bias, Paul Le Blanc, et al.
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US Trotskyism 1928–1965 Part III: Resurgence
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The American Exceptionalism of Jay Lovestone and His Comrades, 1929-1940
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C. L. R. James and Revolutionary Marxism
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Revolutionary Studies
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October Song
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Left Americana
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Trotskyism in the United States
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From Marx to Gramsci
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A Short History of the U.S. Working Class
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Lenin and the Revolutionary Party
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Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party
by Dianne Feeley, Paul Le Blanc, et al. -
Unfinished Leninism