![]() Again, the book has to be considered in the context of the public battle over what “Black power” actually meant. ![]() So it was with Carmichael and Hamilton’s book. ![]() When he insisted that he would no longer go to jail and instead wanted Black Power, Carmichael tapped into a growing frustrating among the Black community with the scope of progress on political and economic rights for Black Americans.Ĭreating an ideology (or, at the very least, giving voice to one that was previously ignored) always includes a period of having to define and explain that ideology to people who are not your target audience. The very idea of “black power” was under siege from the moment Carmichael uttered it at a rally during the “March Against Fear” in Mississippi in the summer of 1966. Hamilton, Black Power was written with the general reader in mind. Written by activist Stokely Carmichael and political scientist Charles V. ![]() To end our series on 1967’s importance to the development of Black intellectual ideology, it makes logical sense to turn to the classic book Black Power. ![]()
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