
Love for Liberation
African Independence, Black Power, and a Diaspora Underground
- 252 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Title Illuminates how global solidarity defined African American politics and invigorated the African diaspora During the height of the Cold War, passionate idealists across the US and Africa came together to fight for Black self-determination and the antiracist remaking of society. Beginning with the 1957 Ghanaian independence celebration, the optimism and challenges of African independence leaders were publicized to African Americans through community-based newspapers and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Inspired by African independenceâand frustrated with the slow pace of civil rights reforms in the USâa new generation of Black Power activists embarked on nonviolent direct action campaigns and built alternative institutions designed as spaces of freedom from racial subjugation. Featuring interviews with activists, extensive archival research, and media analysis, Robin Hayes reveals how Black Power and African independence activists created a diaspora underground, characterized by collaboration and reciprocal empowerment. Together, they redefined racial discrimination as an international human rights issue requiring education, sustained collective action, and global solidarityâlaying the groundwork for future transnational racial justice movements, such as Black Lives Matter.
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Table of contents
- Love For Liberation
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Organizations and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Diaspora Underground
- 2. âNew African in the Worldâ
- 3. âA Free Black Mindâ
- 4. âIndependence with Dangerâ
- 5. âOur Problem Is Your Problemâ
- 6. âMississippi Eyesâ
- 7. âLove Our Communityâ
- 8. âWe Have Come Backâ
- 9. âReady for the Revolutionâ
- Epilogue: Black Lives Matter
- Acknowledgments
- Remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories
- Notes
- Interviews, Archival Materials, and Periodicals
- Index